// Station · 11m ago

KBRO

Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 13 kt G20

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 36.1°C / 22.8°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 22 FT

25.9072°N / 97.4252°W

LOCATION · Brownsville, US

WIND

160°13 kt

KBRO · 22 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/13G20

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

36 / 23

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 160°/13 kt, gusting 20. 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 KBRO 251653Z 16013G20KT 10SM CLR 36/23 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T03610228 $

KBRO · day 25 at 16:53 UTC · wind from 160° at 13 kt, gusts to 20 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 36°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 13 ktG20

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

160°13G20 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

18★ HDG 180° H12 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,000'

13 HDG 130° H11 kt X6 kt RIGHT 7,399'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

31 HDG 310° T11 kt X6 kt LEFT —

36 HDG 360° T12 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

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 +21°C

2,500FT

+2,478 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV22 FT OAT+36°C ISA DELTA+21°C PRESSURE ALT-60 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 LEVEL18,254 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:08ZSUNRISE

18:33ZSOLAR NOON

00:58ZSUNSET

01:21ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 54m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:21Z (8h 17m) DAY LENGTH12h 49m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:12Z MOONSET11:02Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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