// Station · 12m ago

KPIA

General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26.1°C / 16.7°C

ALTIM 29.78 inHg

ELEV 660 FT

40.6638°N / 89.6926°W

LOCATION · Peoria, US

WIND

190°9 kt

KPIA · 660 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 17

ALTIM

29.78"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 190°/9 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.

Loading TAF forecast narrative…

SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)

// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →

// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KPIA 130054Z 19009KT 10SM CLR 26/17 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP079 T02610167

KPIA · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 190° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.78" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

190°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

22★ HDG 220° H8 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,004'

13 HDG 130° H5 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

31 HDG 310° T4 kt X8 kt LEFT —

04 HDG 040° T8 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,660 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 +13°C

2,300FT

+1,640 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV660 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT799 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHDE (Brewster Field, Holdrege, elev 2,313 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+23%

-16%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+16%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,842 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:07ZSUNRISE

17:46ZSOLAR NOON

23:25ZSUNSET

23:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:52Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 17m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:28Z MOONSET00:46Z FULL MOON IN13 days

// Nearest reporting stations

Loading nearest reporting stations…

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

AIRSPACE

// Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.

Get METAR Deck →