// Station · 17m ago

KPQN

Pipestone Municipal Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 320° / 11 kt G18

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 2,000 ft

T/Td 9.1°C / 9.1°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 1,736 FT

43.9833°N / 96.3003°W

LOCATION · Pipestone, US

WIND

320°11 kt

KPQN · 1,736 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/11G18

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC020

LAYERS

SCT011 OVC020

T / Td

9 / 9

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,000 ft. Moderate winds at 320°/11 kt, gusting 18, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 1,100 ft, and overcast at 2,000 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KPQN 130615Z AUTO 32011G18KT 10SM SCT011 OVC020 09/09 A2988 RMK AO2 CIG 018V023 T00910091

KPQN · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 320° at 11 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 1,100 ft · overcast at 2,000 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 11 ktG18

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

320°11G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

36★ HDG 360° H8 kt X7 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,306'

27 HDG 270° H7 kt X8 kt RIGHT 2,539'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

09 HDG 090° T7 kt X8 kt LEFT —

18 HDG 180° T8 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,736 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

1,500FT

-236 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,736 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT1,775 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KELO (Ely Municipal Airport, Ely, elev 1,456 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC020

Overcast · base 2,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT011

Scattered · base 1,100 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,332 ft VFR MARGIN-1,000 ft

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

12:38ZSUNRISE

18:12ZSOLAR NOON

23:46ZSUNSET

00:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:32Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:15Z (17h 43m) DAY LENGTH11h 08m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:10Z MOONSET01:18Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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