// Station · 12m ago

KACT

Waco Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28.9°C / 23.3°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 516 FT

31.6113°N / 97.2305°W

LOCATION · Waco, US

WIND

140°9 kt

KACT · 516 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW047

T / Td

29 / 23

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 140°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,700 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 KACT 130051Z 14009KT 10SM FEW047 29/23 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02890233 $

KACT · day 13 at 00:51 UTC · wind from 140° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,700 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

140°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H9 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,103'

19 HDG 190° H6 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 78%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

01 HDG 010° T6 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

32 HDG 320° T9 kt X0 kt — —

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 +15°C

2,300FT

+1,784 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV516 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT513 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K6R6 (Terrell County Airport, Dryden, elev 2,322 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+23%

-16%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+16%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW047

Few · base 4,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,112 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:31ZSUNRISE

18:16ZSOLAR NOON

00:02ZSUNSET

00:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:26Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 31m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:51Z MOONSET01:22Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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