// Station · 16m ago

KY70

Ionia County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,000 ft

T/Td 20°C / 16°C

ALTIM 29.74 inHg

ELEV 818 FT

42.9380°N / 85.0605°W

LOCATION · Ionia, US

WIND

160°5 kt

KY70 · 818 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN070

LAYERS

BKN070 BKN100

T / Td

20 / 16

ALTIM

29.74"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Light winds at 160°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 7,000 ft, and broken 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 KY70 130615Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM BKN070 BKN100 20/16 A2974 RMK AO2

KY70 · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 160° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 7,000 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.74" 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 · 4,261'

09 HDG 090° H2 kt X5 kt RIGHT 4,300'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

27 HDG 270° T2 kt X5 kt LEFT —

36 HDG 360° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,818 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 +7°C

1,800FT

+982 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV818 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT995 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGLR (Gaylord Regional Airport, Gaylord, elev 1,328 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN070

Broken · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL10,919 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

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

11:52ZSUNRISE

17:27ZSOLAR NOON

23:02ZSUNSET

23:31ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:31Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:31Z (17h 00m) DAY LENGTH11h 10m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:24Z MOONSET00:34Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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