// Station · 22m ago

KS25

Watford City Municipal Airport

CAT —

WIND 320° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING —

T/Td 28°C / 17°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

ELEV 2,111 FT

47.7957°N / 103.2540°W

LOCATION · Watford City, US

WIND

320°4 kt

KS25 · 2,111 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 17

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 320°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KS25 290055Z AUTO 32004KT 10SM 28/17 A2983 RMK AO2

KS25 · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 320° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

320°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 6,550'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 6,550'

Pattern altitude: 3,111 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 +17°C

4,300FT

+2,189 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,111 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT2,200 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KW43 (Hulett Municipal Airport, Hulett, elev 4,264 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+43%

-30%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+30%

-19%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+17%

-13%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL16,252 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:07ZSUNRISE

18:55ZSOLAR NOON

01:44ZSUNSET

02:16ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING26m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:16Z (58m) DAY LENGTH13h 36m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:54Z MOONSET14:31Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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