// Station · 13m ago

KMIB

Minot Air Force Base

CAT LIFR

WIND 030° / 6 kt

VIS 1.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 300 ft

T/Td 5.3°C / 4.4°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

WX -DZ BR

ELEV 1,667 FT

48.4156°N / 101.3580°W

LOCATION · Minot, US

WIND

030°6 kt

KMIB · 1,667 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/6

VIS

1.0 SM

CEILING

BKN003

LAYERS

BKN003 OVC010

T / Td

5 / 4

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 300 ft. Light winds at 030°/6 kt, visibility 1.0 SM, broken at 300 ft, and overcast at 1,000 ft. Reported weather: light drizzle and mist (-DZ BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KMIB 130055Z 03006KT 1SM -DZ BR BKN003 OVC010 05/04 A2990 RMK AO2A SLP142 P0001 T00530044

KMIB · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 030° at 6 kt · visibility 1.0 SM · broken layer at 300 ft · overcast at 1,000 ft · temp 5°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · weather: light drizzle and mist (-DZ BR) · sea-level pressure 1014.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

030°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

11★ HDG 110° H1 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 13,197'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

29 HDG 290° T1 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,667 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

900FT

-767 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,667 FT OAT+5°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT1,685 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KFAR (Hector International Airport, Fargo, elev 902 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC010

Overcast · base 1,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN003

Broken · base 300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL4,344 ft VFR MARGIN-2,700 ft

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

13:01ZSUNRISE

18:33ZSOLAR NOON

00:04ZSUNSET

00:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:35Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 02m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:22Z MOONSET01:25Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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