// Station · 30m ago

KCWF

Chennault International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 30°C / 22°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 17 FT

30.2106°N / 93.1432°W

LOCATION · Lake Charles, US

WIND

200°6 kt

KCWF · 17 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

30 / 22

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 200°/6 kt. 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 KCWF 290045Z 20006KT 10SM CLR 30/22 A2997

KCWF · day 29 at 00:45 UTC · wind from 200° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 30°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

200°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

15★ HDG 150° H4 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,702'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

33 HDG 330° T4 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,017 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

+1,783 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV17 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT-36 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBBD (Curtis Field, Brady, elev 1,827 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

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. 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 LEVEL15,169 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:48ZSUNRISE

18:15ZSOLAR NOON

00:42ZSUNSET

01:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:06Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 53m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:35Z MOONSET13:29Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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