// Station · 20m ago

KSAW

Marquette/Sawyer International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 17°C / 11°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 1,221 FT

46.3515°N / 87.3959°W

LOCATION · Gwinn, US

WIND

210°8 kt

KSAW · 1,221 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW008

T / Td

17 / 11

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 210°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 800 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 KSAW 251346Z 21008KT 10SM FEW008 17/11 A3009

KSAW · day 25 at 13:46 UTC · wind from 210° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 800 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

210°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

19★ HDG 190° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,072'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,221 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 +4°C

1,500FT

+279 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,221 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT1,050 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGLR (Gaylord Regional Airport, Gaylord, elev 1,328 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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)

FEW008

Few · base 800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL9,807 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:02ZSUNRISE

17:53ZSOLAR NOON

00:44ZSUNSET

01:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:15Z (11h 09m) DAY LENGTH13h 41m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE21:00Z MOONSET10:42Z FULL MOON IN3 days

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