Tuinstra Airfield

IA85 · Iowa, United States

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 280° Tuinstra Airfield 11/29
Wind: 9 kt, 3 beaufort

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METAR KDSM 080001Z 28009KT 10SM TS BKN090CB BKN110 BKN250 20/04 A2954 RMK AO2 WSHFT 2341 LTG DSNT NE OCNL LTGIC VC E TS VC E MOV NE VCSH VIRGA T02000044

METAR Tuinstra Airfield - IA85

Tuinstra Airfield is a small airport in Iowa, United States. The airport is located at latitude 41.43513 and longitude -93.54049. The airport has one runway: 11/29. This airport has no ICAO code, we use US-4110 as reference. The local airport ID (FAA LID) of this airport is IA85. The airport is in the Minneapolis FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Des Moines International Airport on May 7, 2024 19:01, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 280° with a speed of 9 kt.

Visibility is 10 mi.

There are broken clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 9,000 ft, broken clouds at an altitude of 11,000 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 25,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 9,000 ft.

Current weather is thunderstorms . The temperature and wind chill are 20 °C. The dew point is 4 °C, the relative humidity is 35%. The air pressure at sea level is 29.54 inHg (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:01 and sets at 20:19. This applies to Tuinstra Airfield, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -5 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
11/29 110°-290° 2 kt 9 kt 17 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Clouds

9,000 ft BKN Broken clouds cumulonimbus
11,000 ft BKN Broken clouds
25,000 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Thunderstorms
Temperature 20.0 °C
Dewpoint 4.4 °C
Rel. humidity 35%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Remarks

AO2Automatic weather station that can determine the type of precipitation
T02000044Temperature is 20.0 °C (68.0 °F), dew point is 4.4 °C (39.9 °F)
WSHFT 2341 LTG DSNT NE OCNL LTGIC VC E TS VC E MOV NE VCSH VIRGA

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:01 (10:25h)
Midday
13:11
Sunset
20:20

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