// Station · 21m ago

KXWA

Williston Basin International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 17 kt G23

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 23.3°C / 10.6°C

ALTIM 30.14 inHg

ELEV 2,344 FT

48.2609°N / 103.7512°W

LOCATION · Williston, US

WIND

320°17 kt

KXWA · 2,344 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/17G23

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

23 / 11

ALTIM

30.14"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 320°/17 kt, gusting 23. 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 KXWA 251751Z AUTO 32017G23KT 10SM CLR 23/11 A3014 RMK AO2 PK WND 33026/1731 SLP202 T02330106 10239 20156 50003

KXWA · day 25 at 17:51 UTC · wind from 320° at 17 kt, gusts to 23 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.14" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1020.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 17 ktG23

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

320°17G23 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

32★ HDG 320° H17 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 7,503'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

14 HDG 140° T17 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 3,344 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 +13°C

3,600FT

+1,256 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,344 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT2,123 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBIL (Billings Logan International Airport, Billings, elev 3,652 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+36%

-25%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+25%

-16%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-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 LEVEL14,112 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:04ZSUNRISE

18:58ZSOLAR NOON

01:52ZSUNSET

02:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 39m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:25Z (8h 13m) DAY LENGTH13h 48m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:10Z MOONSET11:59Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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