// Station · 56m ago

KMTC

Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 350° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 15.5°C / 7.5°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 580 FT

42.6135°N / 82.8369°W

LOCATION · Mount Clemens, US

WIND

350°4 kt

KMTC · 580 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW140 FEW250

T / Td

16 / 8

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 350°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 14,000 ft, and a few at 25,000 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 KMTC 271056Z 35004KT 10SM FEW140 FEW250 16/08 A2994 RMK AO2A SLP141 T01550075

KMTC · day 27 at 10:56 UTC · wind from 350° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 14,000 ft · a few clouds at 25,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · sea-level pressure 1014.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

350°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 9,000'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 9,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,580 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 +2°C

700FT

+120 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV580 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT557 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAPN (Alpena County Regional Airport, Alpena, elev 690 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+7%

-5%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+5%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW250

Few · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW140

Few · base 14,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL8,408 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:00ZSUNRISE

17:29ZSOLAR NOON

00:59ZSUNSET

01:32ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 07m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:32Z (13h 40m) DAY LENGTH14h 58m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE18:45Z MOONSET09:44Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KDET

VFR

Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport · Detroit

WIND: 030° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 14 NM SW
AGE: 59m ago

CYQG

VFR

Windsor International Airport · Windsor

WIND: 030° / 6 kt
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 21 NM S
AGE: 52m ago

KPTK

VFR

Oakland County International Airport · Pontiac

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW130
DIST: 26 NM W
AGE: 59m ago

CYZR

VFR

Chris Hadfield Airport · Sarnia

WIND: 020° / 4 kt
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 33 NM NE
AGE: 52m ago

KDTW

VFR

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · Detroit

WIND: 020° / 3 kt
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: BKN120
DIST: 33 NM SW
AGE: 59m ago

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