// Station · 13m ago

KPTD

Potsdam Municipal Airport Damon Field

CAT IFR

WIND 040° / 13 kt G21

VIS 1.8 SM

CEILING OVC at 500 ft

T/Td 12°C / 12°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

WX RA BR

ELEV 474 FT

44.6766°N / 74.9486°W

LOCATION · Potsdam, US

WIND

040°13 kt

KPTD · 474 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/13G21

VIS

1.8 SM

CEILING

OVC005

LAYERS

OVC005

T / Td

12 / 12

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 500 ft. Brisk winds at 040°/13 kt, gusting 21, visibility 1.8 SM, overcast at 500 ft. Reported weather: rain and mist (RA BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KPTD 130215Z AUTO 04013G21KT 1 3/4SM RA BR OVC005 12/12 A2989 RMK AO2

KPTD · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · wind from 040° at 13 kt, gusts to 21 kt · visibility 1.8 SM · overcast at 500 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · weather: rain and mist (RA BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 13 ktG21

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

040°13G21 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

06★ HDG 060° H12 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,703'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

24 HDG 240° T12 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

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

300FT

-174 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV474 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT501 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KOGS (Ogdensburg International Airport, Ogdensburg, elev 297 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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)

OVC005

Overcast · base 500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,535 ft VFR MARGIN-2,500 ft

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

11:12ZSUNRISE

16:47ZSOLAR NOON

22:22ZSUNSET

22:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:28Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:51Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 10m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:36Z MOONSET23:46Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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