// Station · 15m ago

KY23

Chetek Municipal Southworth Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 4,500 ft

T/Td 12.2°C / 8.6°C

ALTIM 29.71 inHg

ELEV 1,055 FT

45.3062°N / 91.6362°W

LOCATION · Chetek, US

WIND

290°4 kt

KY23 · 1,055 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC045

LAYERS

SCT011 OVC045

T / Td

12 / 9

ALTIM

29.71"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,500 ft. Light winds at 290°/4 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 1,100 ft, and overcast at 4,500 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 KY23 130615Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM SCT011 OVC045 12/09 A2971 RMK AO2 T01220086

KY23 · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 290° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 1,100 ft · overcast at 4,500 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.71" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

290°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 3,401'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 3,401'

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 1,490'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 1,490'

Pattern altitude: 2,055 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 +0°C

1,200FT

+145 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,055 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT1,262 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAUW (Wausau Downtown Airport, Wausau, elev 1,201 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC045

Overcast · base 4,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT011

Scattered · base 1,100 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,217 ft VFR MARGIN+1,500 ft

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

12:20ZSUNRISE

17:53ZSOLAR NOON

23:26ZSUNSET

23:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 56m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:56Z (17h 25m) DAY LENGTH11h 05m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:52Z MOONSET00:58Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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