// Station · 14m ago

KMLI

Quad City International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27.2°C / 17.2°C

ALTIM 29.72 inHg

ELEV 590 FT

41.4485°N / 90.5075°W

LOCATION · Moline, US

WIND

210°10 kt

KMLI · 590 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 17

ALTIM

29.72"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 210°/10 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 KMLI 130052Z 21010KT 10SM CLR 27/17 A2972 RMK AO2 SLP061 T02720172

KMLI · day 13 at 00:52 UTC · wind from 210° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.72" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1006.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 10 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

210°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

23★ HDG 230° H9 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,514'

27 HDG 270° H5 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 90%

13 HDG 130° H2 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

31 HDG 310° T2 kt X10 kt LEFT —

09 HDG 090° T5 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

05 HDG 050° T9 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,590 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 +14°C

2,400FT

+1,810 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV590 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT788 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLXN (Jim Kelly Field, Lexington, elev 2,413 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-7%

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 LEVEL14,327 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:11ZSUNRISE

17:49ZSOLAR NOON

23:27ZSUNSET

23:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:55Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 16m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:32Z MOONSET00:48Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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