// Station · 20m ago

KTVF

Thief River Falls Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 11 kt G15

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 10,000 ft

T/Td 22.2°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

ELEV 1,119 FT

48.0657°N / 96.1850°W

LOCATION · Thief River Falls, US

WIND

280°11 kt

KTVF · 1,119 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/11G15

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC100

LAYERS

OVC100

T / Td

22 / 16

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Moderate winds at 280°/11 kt, gusting 15, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 10,000 ft. 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 KTVF 251556Z AUTO 28011G15KT 10SM OVC100 22/16 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02220161

KTVF · day 25 at 15:56 UTC · wind from 280° at 11 kt, gusts to 15 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 11 ktG15

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

280°11G15 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

31★ HDG 310° H10 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,504'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

13 HDG 130° T10 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,119 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 +9°C

2,300FT

+1,181 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,119 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT1,146 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KD60 (Tioga Municipal Airport, Tioga, elev 2,271 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+23%

-16%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+16%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC100

Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,331 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

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

11:34ZSUNRISE

18:28ZSOLAR NOON

01:22ZSUNSET

01:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 05m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:55Z (9h 38m) DAY LENGTH13h 47m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:36Z MOONSET11:24Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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