// Station · 18m ago

KDFW

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 25,000 ft

T/Td 35°C / 17.2°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 607 FT

32.8968°N / 97.0380°W

LOCATION · Dallas-Fort Worth, US

WIND

190°9 kt

KDFW · 607 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN250

LAYERS

FEW180 BKN250

T / Td

35 / 17

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 25,000 ft. Moderate winds at 190°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 18,000 ft, and broken 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 251753Z 19009KT 10SM FEW180 BKN250 35/17 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP137 60000 T03500172 10350 20283 58016

KDFW · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 190° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 18,000 ft · broken layer at 25,000 ft · temp 35°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 9 kt

7 USABLE · 7 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

190°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 7 usable

18L★ HDG 180° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 13,401'

18R HDG 180° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT 13,400'

17C HDG 170° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT 13,400'

17L HDG 170° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT 8,500'

17R HDG 170° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT 13,400'

13L HDG 130° H5 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

13R HDG 130° H5 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 7 ends

31R HDG 310° T4 kt X8 kt LEFT —

31L HDG 310° T4 kt X8 kt LEFT —

35C HDG 350° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

35R HDG 350° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

35L HDG 350° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

36R HDG 360° T9 kt X2 kt LEFT —

36L HDG 360° T9 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 +21°C

3,100FT

+2,493 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV607 FT OAT+35°C ISA DELTA+21°C PRESSURE ALT554 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KE42 (Spearman Municipal Airport, Spearman, elev 3,090 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+31%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN250

Broken · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW180

Few · base 18,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING25,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL18,284 ft VFR MARGIN+22,000 ft

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

11:59ZSUNRISE

18:31ZSOLAR NOON

01:03ZSUNSET

01:29ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 52m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:29Z (7h 17m) DAY LENGTH13h 04m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:05Z MOONSET11:10Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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