// Station · 11m ago

KPLN

Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 080° / 10 kt

VIS 7.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 400 ft

T/Td 11.7°C / 10.6°C

ALTIM 29.81 inHg

ELEV 721 FT

45.5709°N / 84.7967°W

LOCATION · Pellston, US

WIND

080°10 kt

KPLN · 721 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/10

VIS

7.0 SM

CEILING

OVC004

LAYERS

OVC004

T / Td

12 / 11

ALTIM

29.81"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 400 ft. Moderate winds at 080°/10 kt, visibility 7.0 SM, overcast at 400 ft. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KPLN 130054Z AUTO 08010KT 7SM OVC004 12/11 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP093 T01170106

KPLN · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 080° at 10 kt · visibility 7.0 SM · overcast at 400 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.81" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1009.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

080°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

05★ HDG 050° H9 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,401'

14 HDG 140° H5 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 90%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

32 HDG 320° T5 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

23 HDG 230° T9 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,721 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

600FT

-121 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV721 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT828 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHYX (Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport, Saginaw, elev 601 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-2%

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)

OVC004

Overcast · base 400 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING400 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,630 ft VFR MARGIN-2,600 ft

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

11:52ZSUNRISE

17:26ZSOLAR NOON

23:01ZSUNSET

23:30ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:30Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 08m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:13Z MOONSET00:22Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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