// Station · 16m ago

KOWA

Owatonna Degner Regional Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 300° / 13 kt G18

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 1,200 ft

T/Td 14.1°C / 12.3°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

ELEV 1,145 FT

44.1234°N / 93.2606°W

LOCATION · Owatonna, US

WIND

300°13 kt

KOWA · 1,145 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/13G18

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC012

LAYERS

OVC012

T / Td

14 / 12

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,200 ft. Brisk winds at 300°/13 kt, gusting 18, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 1,200 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KOWA 130615Z AUTO 30013G18KT 10SM OVC012 14/12 A2977 RMK AO2 CIG 010V015 T01410123

KOWA · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 300° at 13 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 1,200 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 13 ktG18

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

300°13G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

30★ HDG 300° H13 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T13 kt X0 kt — —

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 +2°C

1,500FT

+355 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,145 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT1,293 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KELO (Ely Municipal Airport, Ely, elev 1,456 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC012

Overcast · base 1,200 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,266 ft VFR MARGIN-1,800 ft

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

12:26ZSUNRISE

18:00ZSOLAR NOON

23:34ZSUNSET

00:03ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:31Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:03Z (17h 31m) DAY LENGTH11h 08m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:58Z MOONSET01:06Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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