// Station · 23m ago

KMIC

Crystal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 23.3°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 869 FT

45.0620°N / 93.3539°W

LOCATION · Minneapolis, US

WIND

160°4 kt

KMIC · 869 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

23 / 16

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/4 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 KMIC 290053Z 16004KT 10SM CLR 23/16 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02330156

KMIC · day 29 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 160° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

160°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 3,751'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 3,751'

06L HDG 060° —CALM —— 2,500'

24R HDG 240° —CALM —— 2,500'

06R HDG 060° —CALM —— 1,669'

24L HDG 240° —CALM —— 1,669'

Pattern altitude: 1,869 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 +10°C

2,000FT

+1,131 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV869 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT778 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCKC (Grand Marais Cook County Airport, Grand Marais, elev 1,799 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

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

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL12,637 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:31ZSUNRISE

18:16ZSOLAR NOON

01:00ZSUNSET

01:31ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:31Z (15m) DAY LENGTH13h 28m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:18Z MOONSET13:47Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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