// Station · 24m ago

KRDR

Grand Forks Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 12 kt G18

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23.5°C / 16.8°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 913 FT

47.9611°N / 97.4012°W

LOCATION · Grand Forks, US

WIND

320°12 kt

KRDR · 913 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/12G18

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW100

T / Td

24 / 17

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 320°/12 kt, gusting 18. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 10,000 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 KRDR 251555Z 32012G18KT 10SM FEW100 24/17 A2988 RMK AO2A SLP120 T02350168 RVRNO VISNO RWY36 $

KRDR · day 25 at 15:55 UTC · wind from 320° at 12 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 10,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg · sea-level pressure 1012.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 12 ktG18

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

320°12G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

35★ HDG 350° H10 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 12,350'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

17 HDG 170° T10 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,913 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 +10°C

2,200FT

+1,287 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV913 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT952 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K08D (Stanley Municipal Airport, Stanley, elev 2,245 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW100

Few · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,782 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:39ZSUNRISE

18:33ZSOLAR NOON

01:26ZSUNSET

01:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 07m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:59Z (9h 40m) DAY LENGTH13h 47m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:42Z MOONSET11:29Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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