// Station · 20m ago

KSYN

Stanton Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 21.2°C / 16.5°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 920 FT

44.4756°N / 93.0168°W

LOCATION · Dennison, US

WIND

160°5 kt

KSYN · 920 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 04Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

21 / 17

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/5 kt. 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 KSYN 290455Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W T02120165

KSYN · day 29 at 04:55 UTC · wind from 160° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

160°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

18★ HDG 180° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,582'

09 HDG 090° H2 kt X5 kt RIGHT 1,996'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

27 HDG 270° T2 kt X5 kt LEFT —

36 HDG 360° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,920 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 +8°C

1,800FT

+880 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV920 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT817 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCKC (Grand Marais Cook County Airport, Grand Marais, elev 1,799 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 LEVEL11,627 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:31ZSUNRISE

18:14ZSOLAR NOON

00:58ZSUNSET

01:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT05:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:28Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 26m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:26Z MOONSET13:53Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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