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KPTD

Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon Field
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 12°C / 12°C
ALTIM 30.14 inHg
ELEV 474 FT
44.6766°N / 74.9486°W
LOCATION · Potsdam, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KPTD · 474 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 01Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
 
 
 
LAYERS
FEW025 FEW041 SCT055
 
 
 
T / Td
12 / 12
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.14"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 2,500 ft, a few at 4,100 ft, and scattered at 5,500 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 KPTD 290115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW025 FEW041 SCT055 12/12 A3014 RMK AO2

KPTD · day 29 at 01:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,500 ft · a few clouds at 4,100 ft · scattered layer at 5,500 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.14" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
06 HDG 060° CALM 3,703'
24 HDG 240° CALM 3,703'
Pattern altitude: 1,474 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

-0FT
-474 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV474 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT253 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMTP (Montauk Airport, Montauk, elev 6 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+0%
-0%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+0%
-0%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+0%
-0%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 6,535 FT FEW025 FEW041 SCT055 KPTD ELEV · 474 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
SCT055
Scattered · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
FEW041
Few · base 4,100 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
FEW025
Few · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~56% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL6,535 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

10:18ZSUNRISE
17:02ZSOLAR NOON
23:46ZSUNSET
00:16ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:16Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 27m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:05Z MOONSET12:33Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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