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// KMFR · Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport · Medford

// Station · 13m ago

KMFR

Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 290° / 8 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 17.2°C / -2.8°C
ALTIM 29.97 inHg
ELEV 1,335 FT
42.3742°N / 122.8730°W
LOCATION · Medford, US
N
WIND
290°8 kt
KMFR · 1,335 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
290°/8
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
17 / -3
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.97"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 290°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KMFR 130053Z 29008KT 10SM CLR 17/M03 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP148 T01721028

KMFR · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 290° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 17°C / dewpoint -3°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 8 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
290°8 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
32★ HDG 320° H7 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,800'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
14 HDG 140° T7 kt X4 kt RIGHT —
Pattern altitude: 2,335 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 +5°C

1,900FT
+565 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV1,335 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT1,282 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K9S9 (Lexington Airport, Lexington, elev 1,634 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+19%
-13%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+13%
-9%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+8%
-6%

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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 10,022 FT KMFR ELEV · 1,335 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL10,022 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

14:21ZSUNRISE
19:59ZSOLAR NOON
01:36ZSUNSET
02:04ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING29m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:04Z (57m) DAY LENGTH11h 14m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:43Z MOONSET02:57Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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