// Station · 29m ago

KSDY

Sidney - Richland Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 9 kt G18

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27.2°C / 8.3°C

ALTIM 30.13 inHg

ELEV 1,985 FT

47.7051°N / 104.1944°W

LOCATION · Sidney, US

WIND

320°9 kt

KSDY · 1,985 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/9G18

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 8

ALTIM

30.13"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 320°/9 kt, gusting 18. 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 KSDY 251956Z AUTO 32009G18KT 10SM CLR 27/08 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP199 T02720083 PNO $

KSDY · day 25 at 19:56 UTC · wind from 320° at 9 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 9 ktG18

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

320°9G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

29★ HDG 290° H8 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,024'

01 HDG 010° H6 kt X7 kt LEFT 5,705'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

19 HDG 190° T6 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

11 HDG 110° T8 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,985 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 +16°C

3,700FT

+1,715 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -500 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV1,985 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT1,773 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGTF (Great Falls International Airport, Great Falls, elev 3,680 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+37%

-26%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+26%

-17%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+15%

-11%

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 LEVEL15,722 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:07ZSUNRISE

19:00ZSOLAR NOON

01:53ZSUNSET

02:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:25Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 28m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:26Z (6h 00m) DAY LENGTH13h 46m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:18Z MOONSET12:04Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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