// Station · 4m ago
KMGC
Michigan City Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 19°C / 15°C
ALTIM 30.01 inHg
ELEV 655 FT
41.7033°N / 86.8212°W
LOCATION · Michigan City, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KMGC · 655 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 12Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
19 / 15
ALTIM
30.01"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. 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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METAR KMGC 271255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/15 A3001 RMK AO2
KMGC · day 27 at 12:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 19°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
02
HDG 020°
—CALM
——
4,099'
20
HDG 200°
—CALM
——
4,099'
Pattern altitude: 1,655 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
1,200FT
+545 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +0 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV655 FT
OAT+19°C
ISA DELTA+5°C
PRESSURE ALT564 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KMIE
(Delaware County Johnson Field, Muncie, elev 937 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+12%
-8%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+8%
-5%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+5%
-4%
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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
10:19ZSUNRISE
17:45ZSOLAR NOON
01:12ZSUNSET
01:45ZCIVIL END
CURRENT12:59Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 12m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:45Z (12h 45m)
DAY LENGTH14h 52m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83%
MOONRISE19:06Z
MOONSET09:59Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KVPZ
VFR
Porter County Municipal Airport · Valparaiso
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 17 NM SW
- AGE
- 1h 3m ago
KSBN
VFR
South Bend International Airport · South Bend
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 23 NM E
- AGE
- 5m ago
KGYY
VFR
Gary/Chicago International Airport · Gary
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 7.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 27 NM W
- AGE
- 9m ago
KMDW
VFR
Chicago Midway International Airport · Chicago
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT250
- DIST
- 42 NM W
- AGE
- 6m ago
KORD
VFR
Chicago O'Hare International Airport · Chicago
- WIND
- 210° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW230
- DIST
- 51 NM W
- AGE
- 8m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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