// Station · 21m ago

KPWC

Pine River Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 16,000 ft

T/Td 21.2°C / 15.2°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 1,295 FT

46.7248°N / 94.3817°W

LOCATION · Pine River, US

WIND

140°5 kt

KPWC · 1,295 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN160

LAYERS

BKN160 OVC180

T / Td

21 / 15

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 16,000 ft. Light winds at 140°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 16,000 ft, and overcast at 18,000 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 KPWC 290055Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM BKN160 OVC180 21/15 A2998 RMK AO2 T02120152

KPWC · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 140° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 16,000 ft · overcast at 18,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

140°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

16★ HDG 160° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

34 HDG 340° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,295 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 +9°C

2,300FT

+1,005 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,295 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT1,233 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRBE (Rock County Airport, Bassett, elev 2,349 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+23%

-16%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+16%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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)

OVC180

Overcast · base 18,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN160

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

// Computed

CEILING16,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER18,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,002 ft VFR MARGIN+13,000 ft

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

11:33ZSUNRISE

18:20ZSOLAR NOON

01:07ZSUNSET

01:38ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:38Z (21m) DAY LENGTH13h 33m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:20Z MOONSET13:54Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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