// Station · 8m ago
KPEX
Paynesville Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 31°C / 23°C
ALTIM 30.13 inHg
ELEV 1,180 FT
45.3721°N / 94.7447°W
LOCATION · Paynesville, US
WIND
—calm
KPEX · 1,180 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
31 / 23
ALTIM
30.13"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. 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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METAR KPEX 150015Z AUTO 10SM CLR 31/23 A3013 RMK AO2
KPEX · day 15 at 00:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 31°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
CALMcalm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
11
HDG 110°
—CALM
——
3,302'
29
HDG 290°
—CALM
——
3,302'
Pattern altitude: 2,180 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 +18°C
3,100FT
+1,920 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
FIELD ELEV1,180 FT
OAT+31°C
ISA DELTA+18°C
PRESSURE ALT968 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KHSR
(Hot Springs Municipal Airport, Hot Springs, elev 3,150 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+31%
-22%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+22%
-14%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+12%
-9%
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 · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
10:45ZSUNRISE
18:25ZSOLAR NOON
02:06ZSUNSET
02:42ZCIVIL END
CURRENT00:23Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 43m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:42Z (2h 19m)
DAY LENGTH15h 21m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE10:56Z
MOONSET02:17Z
FULL MOON IN15 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KLJF
VFR
Litchfield Municipal Airport · Litchfield
- WIND
- 220° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 19 NM SE
- AGE
- 8m ago
KD39
VFR
Sauk Centre Municipal Airport · Sauk Centre
- WIND
- 210° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 22 NM N
- AGE
- 8m ago
KBDH
VFR
Willmar Municipal Airport John L Rice Field (2006) · Willmar
- WIND
- 200° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 9.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 22 NM SW
- AGE
- 8m ago
KGHW
VFR
Glenwood Municipal Airport · Glenwood
- WIND
- 200° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 29 NM NW
- AGE
- 8m ago
KSTC
VFR
Saint Cloud Regional Airport · Saint Cloud
- WIND
- 220° / 9 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 31 NM E
- AGE
- 30m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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