// Station · 21m ago

KSAZ

Staples Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 110° / 8 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 10°C / 8.5°C

ALTIM 29.71 inHg

ELEV 1,287 FT

46.3809°N / 94.8066°W

LOCATION · Staples, US

WIND

110°8 kt

KSAZ · 1,287 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

110°/8

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW012

T / Td

10 / 9

ALTIM

29.71"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 110°/8 kt. Visibility 9.0 SM and a few at 1,200 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 KSAZ 130135Z AUTO 11008KT 9SM FEW012 10/09 A2971 RMK AO2 T01000085

KSAZ · day 13 at 01:35 UTC · wind from 110° at 8 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · a few clouds at 1,200 ft · temp 10°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.71" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 110° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

110°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H7 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,305'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T7 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,287 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 -2°C

1,200FT

-87 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,287 FT OAT+10°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT1,494 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAIT (Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz Field, Aitkin, elev 1,205 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

FEW012

Few · base 1,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL6,338 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:33ZSUNRISE

18:06ZSOLAR NOON

23:40ZSUNSET

00:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:56Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:10Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 06m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:56Z MOONSET01:02Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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