// Station · 19m ago

KMSP

Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 9 kt G18

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 3,800 ft

T/Td 24.4°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 841 FT

44.8801°N / 93.2217°W

LOCATION · Minneapolis, US

WIND

220°9 kt

KMSP · 841 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/9G18

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

BKN038

LAYERS

BKN038 OVC049

T / Td

24 / 15

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,800 ft. Moderate winds at 220°/9 kt, gusting 18, visibility 9.0 SM, broken at 3,800 ft, and overcast at 4,900 ft. 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 KMSP 251753Z 22009G18KT 9SM BKN038 OVC049 24/15 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP145 T02440150 10250 20200 56018

KMSP · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 220° at 9 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · broken layer at 3,800 ft · overcast at 4,900 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 9 ktG18

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID

WIND

220°9G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

22★ HDG 220° H9 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 11,006'

17 HDG 170° H6 kt X7 kt RIGHT 8,000'

30R HDG 300° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT 8,200'

30L HDG 300° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT 10,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

12L HDG 120° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

12R HDG 120° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

35 HDG 350° T6 kt X7 kt LEFT —

04 HDG 040° T9 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,841 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 +11°C

2,100FT

+1,259 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV841 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT788 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

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC049

Overcast · base 4,900 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN038

Broken · base 3,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,164 ft VFR MARGIN+800 ft

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

11:28ZSUNRISE

18:16ZSOLAR NOON

01:04ZSUNSET

01:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 52m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:35Z (7h 22m) DAY LENGTH13h 36m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:34Z MOONSET11:11Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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