// Station · 19m ago

KAFW

Perot Field/Fort Worth Alliance Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 16,000 ft

T/Td 35°C / 17.2°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 722 FT

32.9904°N / 97.3195°W

LOCATION · Fort Worth, US

WIND

180°10 kt

KAFW · 722 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN160

LAYERS

FEW090 SCT120 BKN160 BKN210

T / Td

35 / 17

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 16,000 ft. Moderate winds at 180°/10 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 9,000 ft, scattered at 12,000 ft, broken at 16,000 ft, and broken at 21,000 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 KAFW 251753Z 18010KT 10SM FEW090 SCT120 BKN160 BKN210 35/17 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP131 60002 T03500172 10356 20267 58017 $

KAFW · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 180° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 9,000 ft · scattered layer at 12,000 ft · broken layer at 16,000 ft · broken layer at 21,000 ft · temp 35°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

180°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

16L★ HDG 160° H9 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 11,000'

16R HDG 160° H9 kt X3 kt RIGHT 11,125'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

34R HDG 340° T9 kt X3 kt LEFT —

34L HDG 340° T9 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,722 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 +21°C

3,200FT

+2,478 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV722 FT OAT+35°C ISA DELTA+21°C PRESSURE ALT660 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KE11 (Andrews County Airport, Andrews, elev 3,174 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+32%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+13%

-10%

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 · 4 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN210

Broken · base 21,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN160

Broken · base 16,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT120

Scattered · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW090

Few · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING16,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER21,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~99% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL18,399 ft VFR MARGIN+13,000 ft

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

12:00ZSUNRISE

18:32ZSOLAR NOON

01:05ZSUNSET

01:30ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 52m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:30Z (7h 18m) DAY LENGTH13h 04m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:06Z MOONSET11:11Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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