// Station · 25m ago

KBRO

Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 11 kt G18

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30.6°C / 25.6°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 22 FT

25.9072°N / 97.4252°W

LOCATION · Brownsville, US

WIND

140°11 kt

KBRO · 22 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/11G18

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

31 / 26

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 140°/11 kt, gusting 18. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 2,000 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 KBRO 111453Z 14011G18KT 10SM FEW020 31/26 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T03060256 51013 $

KBRO · day 11 at 14:53 UTC · wind from 140° at 11 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 11 ktG18

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

140°11G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

13★ HDG 130° H11 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,399'

18 HDG 180° H8 kt X7 kt LEFT 6,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

36 HDG 360° T8 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T11 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,022 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

1,800FT

+1,778 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV22 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT-60 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KABI (Abilene Regional Airport, Abilene, elev 1,791 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,477 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:46ZSUNRISE

18:36ZSOLAR NOON

01:25ZSUNSET

01:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 07m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:51Z (10h 33m) DAY LENGTH13h 39m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE09:12Z MOONSET22:51Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

MMMA

MVFR → VFR 00Z

General Servando Canales International Airport · Matamoros

WIND: 160° / 10 kt
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: BKN017
DIST: 10 NM SW
AGE: 35m ago

KPIL

MVFR

Port Isabel Cameron County Airport · Port Isabel

WIND: 150° / 13 kt
VIS: 7.0 SM
CEILING: BKN018
DIST: 16 NM N
AGE: 25m ago

KHRL

VFR

Valley International Airport · Harlingen

WIND: 150° / 14 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN033
DIST: 23 NM NW
AGE: 7m ago

MMRX

MVFR → VFR 16Z

General Lucio Blanco International Airport · Reynosa

WIND: 130° / 12 kt
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: BKN015
DIST: 44 NM W
AGE: 38m ago

KMFE

MVFR → VFR 20Z

McAllen Miller International Airport · McAllen

WIND: 160° / 9 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN025
DIST: 47 NM W
AGE: 25m ago

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