// Station · 13m ago

KMHE

Mitchell Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 17 kt G30

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 31.1°C / 17.8°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 1,304 FT

43.7748°N / 98.0386°W

LOCATION · Mitchell, US

WIND

150°17 kt

KMHE · 1,304 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/17G30

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

31 / 18

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 150°/17 kt, gusting 30. 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 KMHE 282253Z AUTO 15017G30KT 10SM CLR 31/18 A2988 RMK AO2 PK WND 14030/2247 SLP110 T03110178

KMHE · day 28 at 22:53 UTC · wind from 150° at 17 kt, gusts to 30 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 31°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 17 ktG30

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

150°17G30 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

13★ HDG 130° H16 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,701'

18 HDG 180° H15 kt X8 kt LEFT 5,513'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

36 HDG 360° T15 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T16 kt X6 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,304 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 +19°C

3,600FT

+2,296 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,304 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT1,343 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KIEN (Pine Ridge Airport, Pine Ridge, elev 3,333 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+36%

-25%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+25%

-16%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-11%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL17,011 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

11:52ZSUNRISE

18:34ZSOLAR NOON

01:17ZSUNSET

01:47ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:47Z (2h 40m) DAY LENGTH13h 24m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:35Z MOONSET13:59Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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