// Station · 16m ago

KMDZ

Taylor County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 6,000 ft

T/Td 17.1°C / 17°C

ALTIM 29.63 inHg

ELEV 1,478 FT

45.1010°N / 90.3033°W

LOCATION · Medford, US

WIND

160°3 kt

KMDZ · 1,478 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC060

LAYERS

OVC060

T / Td

17 / 17

ALTIM

29.63"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Light winds at 160°/3 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 6,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KMDZ 130615Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM OVC060 17/17 A2963 RMK AO2 T01710170 PWINO

KMDZ · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 160° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 6,000 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.63" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

160°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 6,000'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 6,000'

16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 4,435'

34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 4,435'

Pattern altitude: 2,478 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA +6°C

2,400FT

+922 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,478 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT1,765 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRBE (Rock County Airport, Bassett, elev 2,349 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-7%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC060

Overcast · base 6,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,114 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

12:15ZSUNRISE

17:48ZSOLAR NOON

23:21ZSUNSET

23:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:31Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 50m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:51Z (17h 19m) DAY LENGTH11h 06m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:47Z MOONSET00:53Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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