// Station · 25m ago

KPKD

Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok Field

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 22.8°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 1,445 FT

46.9006°N / 95.0731°W

LOCATION · Park Rapids, US

WIND

140°8 kt

KPKD · 1,445 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW060 FEW120

T / Td

23 / 14

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 140°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 6,000 ft, and a few at 12,000 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 KPKD 290053Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM FEW060 FEW120 23/14 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02280139

KPKD · day 29 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 140° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · a few clouds at 12,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

140°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

13★ HDG 130° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,497'

18 HDG 180° H6 kt X5 kt LEFT 3,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

36 HDG 360° T6 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T8 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,445 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 +11°C

2,700FT

+1,255 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,445 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT1,404 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHEI (Hettinger Municipal Airport, Hettinger, elev 2,705 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+27%

-19%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+19%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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)

FEW120

Few · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW060

Few · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,960 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:36ZSUNRISE

18:23ZSOLAR NOON

01:10ZSUNSET

01:41ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:41Z (23m) DAY LENGTH13h 34m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:23Z MOONSET13:57Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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