// Station · 3m ago

KPQN

Pipestone Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 16,000 ft

T/Td 24.2°C / 20.1°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 1,736 FT

43.9833°N / 96.3003°W

LOCATION · Pipestone, US

WIND

160°9 kt

KPQN · 1,736 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN160

LAYERS

FEW090 SCT130 BKN160

T / Td

24 / 20

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 16,000 ft. Moderate winds at 160°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 9,000 ft, scattered at 13,000 ft, and broken at 16,000 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 KPQN 290115Z AUTO 16009KT 10SM FEW090 SCT130 BKN160 24/20 A2997 RMK AO2 T02420201

KPQN · day 29 at 01:15 UTC · wind from 160° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 9,000 ft · scattered layer at 13,000 ft · broken layer at 16,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

160°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

18★ HDG 180° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,306'

09 HDG 090° H3 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

27 HDG 270° T3 kt X8 kt LEFT —

36 HDG 360° T8 kt X3 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 +13°C

3,200FT

+1,464 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,736 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT1,683 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRAP (Rapid City Regional Airport, Rapid City, elev 3,204 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+32%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+13%

-10%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN160

Broken · base 16,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT130

Scattered · base 13,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW090

Few · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING16,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER16,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,958 ft VFR MARGIN+13,000 ft

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

11:45ZSUNRISE

18:27ZSOLAR NOON

01:10ZSUNSET

01:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:40Z (21m) DAY LENGTH13h 25m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:32Z MOONSET13:57Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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