// Station · 17m ago

KSDA

Shenandoah Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 8 kt G14

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 19°C / 12°C

ALTIM 29.81 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 971 FT

40.7516°N / 95.4137°W

LOCATION · Shenandoah, US

WIND

360°8 kt

KSDA · 971 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/8G14

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

19 / 12

ALTIM

29.81"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 360°/8 kt, gusting 14. Visibility 6.0 SM and no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. 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 KSDA 130210Z AUTO 36008G14KT 6SM HZ CLR 19/12 A2981 RMK AO2

KSDA · day 13 at 02:10 UTC · wind from 360° at 8 kt, gusts to 14 kt · visibility 6.0 SM · temp 19°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.81" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 8 ktG14

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

360°8G14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

04★ HDG 040° H6 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,000'

30 HDG 300° H4 kt X7 kt RIGHT 3,439'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

12 HDG 120° T4 kt X7 kt LEFT —

22 HDG 220° T6 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,971 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 +6°C

1,800FT

+829 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV971 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT1,078 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KISB (Sibley Municipal Airport, Sibley, elev 1,538 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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 · 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 LEVEL10,567 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:30ZSUNRISE

18:09ZSOLAR NOON

23:47ZSUNSET

00:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:27Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:15Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 17m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:54Z MOONSET01:11Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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