// Station · 29m ago

KDMA

Davis Monthan Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 39.3°C / 9.7°C

ALTIM 29.99 inHg

ELEV 2,704 FT

32.1665°N / 110.8830°W

LOCATION · Tucson, US

WIND

240°6 kt

KDMA · 2,704 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW190

T / Td

39 / 10

ALTIM

29.99"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 240°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 19,000 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 KDMA 251955Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM FEW190 39/10 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP102 T03930097 TSNO $

KDMA · day 25 at 19:55 UTC · wind from 240° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 19,000 ft · temp 39°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

240°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

30★ HDG 300° H3 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 13,643'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T3 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 3,704 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 +30°C

6,200FT

+3,496 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,704 FT OAT+39°C ISA DELTA+30°C PRESSURE ALT2,630 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSOW (Show Low Regional Airport, Show Low, elev 6,415 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+62%

-43%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+43%

-28%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+25%

-19%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW190

Few · base 19,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER19,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL22,552 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:55ZSUNRISE

19:27ZSOLAR NOON

01:58ZSUNSET

02:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 34m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:23Z (5h 59m) DAY LENGTH13h 02m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:06Z MOONSET12:09Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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