// Station · 19m ago

KSTC

Saint Cloud Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 14 kt G18

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27.2°C / 17.8°C

ALTIM 29.93 inHg

ELEV 1,031 FT

45.5466°N / 94.0599°W

LOCATION · Saint Cloud, US

WIND

200°14 kt

KSTC · 1,031 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/14G18

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 18

ALTIM

29.93"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 200°/14 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 KSTC 251753Z 20014G18KT 10SM CLR 27/18 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP138 T02720178 10272 20172 56017

KSTC · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 200° at 14 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 14 ktG18

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

200°14G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

23★ HDG 230° H12 kt X7 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,000'

13 HDG 130° H5 kt X13 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 72%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

31 HDG 310° T5 kt X13 kt LEFT —

05 HDG 050° T12 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,031 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 +14°C

2,700FT

+1,669 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,031 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT1,019 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSUO (Rosebud Sioux Tribal Airport, Rosebud, elev 2,724 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+27%

-19%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+19%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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 LEVEL14,768 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:30ZSUNRISE

18:19ZSOLAR NOON

01:09ZSUNSET

01:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 57m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:40Z (7h 28m) DAY LENGTH13h 38m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:36Z MOONSET11:15Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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