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// KOWX · Putnam County Airport · Ottawa

// Station · 11m ago

KOWX

Putnam County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 070° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 24°C / 16°C
ALTIM 30.16 inHg
ELEV 764 FT
41.0356°N / 83.9820°W
LOCATION · Ottawa, US
N
WIND
070°5 kt
KOWX · 764 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 22Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
070°/5
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
24 / 16
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.16"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 070°/5 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 KOWX 282255Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM CLR 24/16 A3016 RMK AO2

KOWX · day 28 at 22:55 UTC · wind from 070° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.16" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 5 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
070°5 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
09★ HDG 090° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,502'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
27 HDG 270° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —
Pattern altitude: 1,764 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 +10°C

1,700FT
+936 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV764 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT522 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMFD (Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, Mansfield, elev 1,297 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+17%
-12%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+12%
-8%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+7%
-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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 12,885 FT KOWX ELEV · 764 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL12,885 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:59ZSUNRISE
17:38ZSOLAR NOON
00:17ZSUNSET
00:45ZCIVIL END
CURRENT23:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 11m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:45Z (1h 39m) DAY LENGTH13h 17m
Full Moon
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:42Z MOONSET13:00Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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