// Station · 9m ago

KACT

Waco Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 32.2°C / 16.7°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 516 FT

31.6113°N / 97.2305°W

LOCATION · Waco, US

WIND

150°7 kt

KACT · 516 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

32 / 17

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 150°/7 kt. 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 KACT 251651Z 15007KT 10SM CLR 32/17 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP171 T03220167 $

KACT · day 25 at 16:51 UTC · wind from 150° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 32°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

150°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H7 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,103'

19 HDG 190° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT 7,107'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

01 HDG 010° T5 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

32 HDG 320° T7 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,516 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 +18°C

2,500FT

+1,984 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV516 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT374 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSNK (Winston Field, Snyder, elev 2,430 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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 LEVEL16,779 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:01ZSUNRISE

18:32ZSOLAR NOON

01:03ZSUNSET

01:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:28Z (8h 27m) DAY LENGTH13h 01m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:05Z MOONSET11:07Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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