// Station · 12m ago

KRFD

Chicago Rockford International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 25,000 ft

T/Td 25.6°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 29.73 inHg

ELEV 742 FT

42.1954°N / 89.0972°W

LOCATION · Chicago/Rockford, US

WIND

170°9 kt

KRFD · 742 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN250

LAYERS

FEW190 BKN250

T / Td

26 / 16

ALTIM

29.73"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 25,000 ft. Moderate winds at 170°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 19,000 ft, and broken at 25,000 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 KRFD 130054Z 17009KT 10SM FEW190 BKN250 26/16 A2973 RMK AO2 SLP063 T02560161 $

KRFD · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 170° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 19,000 ft · broken layer at 25,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.73" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1006.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

170°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

19★ HDG 190° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,200'

25 HDG 250° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

07 HDG 070° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

01 HDG 010° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,742 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 +12°C

2,400FT

+1,658 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV742 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT928 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLXN (Jim Kelly Field, Lexington, elev 2,413 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-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)

BKN250

Broken · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW190

Few · base 19,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING25,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,671 ft VFR MARGIN+22,000 ft

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

12:06ZSUNRISE

17:44ZSOLAR NOON

23:21ZSUNSET

23:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:49Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 14m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:27Z MOONSET00:42Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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