// Station · 13m ago

KADS

Addison Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 8 kt G14

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 644 FT

32.9686°N / 96.8364°W

LOCATION · Dallas, US

WIND

180°8 kt

KADS · 644 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/8G14

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 24

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 180°/8 kt, gusting 14. 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 KADS 130615Z AUTO 18008G14KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2994 RMK AO2

KADS · day 13 at 06:15 UTC · wind from 180° at 8 kt, gusts to 14 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 8 ktG14

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

180°8G14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

16★ HDG 160° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,203'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

34 HDG 340° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,644 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 +13°C

2,200FT

+1,556 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV644 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT621 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSOA (Sonora Municipal Airport, Sonora, elev 2,140 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-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 · 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 LEVEL14,280 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:31ZSUNRISE

18:14ZSOLAR NOON

23:58ZSUNSET

00:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:28Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 29m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:23Z (17h 54m) DAY LENGTH11h 27m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:03Z MOONSET01:30Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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