// Station · 3m ago

KOWA

Owatonna Degner Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 6 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 16,000 ft

T/Td 21.4°C / 17.8°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 1,145 FT

44.1234°N / 93.2606°W

LOCATION · Owatonna, US

WIND

130°6 kt

KOWA · 1,145 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/6

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

BKN160

LAYERS

BKN160 BKN190

T / Td

21 / 18

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 16,000 ft. Light winds at 130°/6 kt, visibility 9.0 SM, broken at 16,000 ft, and broken at 19,000 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 KOWA 290115Z AUTO 13006KT 9SM BKN160 BKN190 21/18 A3002 RMK AO2 T02140178

KOWA · day 29 at 01:15 UTC · wind from 130° at 6 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · broken layer at 16,000 ft · broken layer at 19,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

130°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

12★ HDG 120° H6 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

30 HDG 300° T6 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,145 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 +8°C

2,100FT

+955 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,145 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT1,042 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 MINOR

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)

BKN190

Broken · base 19,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN160

Broken · base 16,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING16,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER19,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL11,953 ft VFR MARGIN+13,000 ft

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

11:32ZSUNRISE

18:15ZSOLAR NOON

00:58ZSUNSET

01:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:28Z (10m) DAY LENGTH13h 25m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:20Z MOONSET13:45Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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