// Station · 22m ago

KDTW

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 30.11 inHg

ELEV 645 FT

42.2138°N / 83.3538°W

LOCATION · Detroit, US

WIND

140°5 kt

KDTW · 645 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT040 SCT250

T / Td

25 / 13

ALTIM

30.11"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 140°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 4,000 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 KDTW 251753Z 14005KT 10SM SCT040 SCT250 25/13 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP193 T02500133 10256 20161 58012

KDTW · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 140° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,000 ft · scattered layer at 25,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.11" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 5 kt

6 USABLE · 6 AVOID

WIND

140°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 6 usable

09L★ HDG 090° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,708'

09R HDG 090° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT 8,500'

21R HDG 210° H2 kt X5 kt LEFT 8,501'

21L HDG 210° H2 kt X5 kt LEFT 10,001'

22R HDG 220° H1 kt X5 kt LEFT 10,000'

22L HDG 220° H1 kt X5 kt LEFT 12,003'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 6 ends

04L HDG 040° T1 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

04R HDG 040° T1 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

03L HDG 030° T2 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

03R HDG 030° T2 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

27R HDG 270° T3 kt X4 kt LEFT —

27L HDG 270° T3 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,645 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 +11°C

1,800FT

+1,155 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV645 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT453 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGLR (Gaylord Regional Airport, Gaylord, elev 1,328 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT250

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

SCT040

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

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,271 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:52ZSUNRISE

17:37ZSOLAR NOON

00:21ZSUNSET

00:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 05m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:50Z (6h 35m) DAY LENGTH13h 28m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:59Z MOONSET10:27Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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