// Station · 11m ago

KSXK

Sioux County Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 14 kt G20

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 1,409 FT

42.9858°N / 96.1614°W

LOCATION · Maurice, US

WIND

170°14 kt

KSXK · 1,409 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/14G20

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 19

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 170°/14 kt, gusting 20. 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 KSXK 282255Z AUTO 17014G20KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A3000 RMK AO2

KSXK · day 28 at 22:55 UTC · wind from 170° at 14 kt, gusts to 20 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 14 ktG20

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

170°14G20 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

17★ HDG 170° H14 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

35 HDG 350° T14 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 2,409 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

3,200FT

+1,791 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,409 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT1,327 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRAP (Rapid City Regional Airport, Rapid City, elev 3,204 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+32%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+13%

-10%

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 LEVEL15,550 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:46ZSUNRISE

18:27ZSOLAR NOON

01:08ZSUNSET

01:38ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 01m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:38Z (2h 31m) DAY LENGTH13h 22m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:28Z MOONSET13:51Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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