// Station · 59m ago

KDFW

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28.9°C / 22.2°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 607 FT

32.8968°N / 97.0380°W

LOCATION · Dallas-Fort Worth, US

WIND

160°7 kt

KDFW · 607 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040 FEW065 SCT250

T / Td

29 / 22

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,000 ft, a few at 6,500 ft, and scattered at 25,000 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 KDFW 130053Z 16007KT 10SM FEW040 FEW065 SCT250 29/22 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02890222 $

KDFW · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 160° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · a few clouds at 6,500 ft · scattered layer at 25,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 7 kt

7 USABLE · 7 AVOID

WIND

160°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 7 usable

17C★ HDG 170° H7 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 13,400'

17L HDG 170° H7 kt X1 kt LEFT 8,500'

17R HDG 170° H7 kt X1 kt LEFT 13,400'

18L HDG 180° H7 kt X2 kt LEFT 13,401'

18R HDG 180° H7 kt X2 kt LEFT 13,400'

13L HDG 130° H6 kt X3 kt RIGHT 9,000'

13R HDG 130° H6 kt X3 kt RIGHT 9,300'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 7 ends

31R HDG 310° T6 kt X3 kt LEFT —

31L HDG 310° T6 kt X3 kt LEFT —

35C HDG 350° T7 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

35R HDG 350° T7 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

35L HDG 350° T7 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

36R HDG 360° T7 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

36L HDG 360° T7 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,607 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

2,400FT

+1,793 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV607 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT625 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHHF (Hemphill County Airport, Canadian, elev 2,396 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT250

Scattered · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW065

Few · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW040

Few · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~56% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,203 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:31ZSUNRISE

18:15ZSOLAR NOON

00:00ZSUNSET

00:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:25Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 29m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:53Z MOONSET01:22Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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