// Station · 37m ago

KDTW

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 11,000 ft

T/Td 20.6°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 29.84 inHg

ELEV 645 FT

42.2138°N / 83.3538°W

LOCATION · Detroit, US

WIND

200°6 kt

KDTW · 645 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN110

LAYERS

SCT090 BKN110 BKN250

T / Td

21 / 16

ALTIM

29.84"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 11,000 ft. Light winds at 200°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 9,000 ft, broken at 11,000 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 KDTW 130153Z 20006KT 10SM SCT090 BKN110 BKN250 21/16 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP102 T02060161 $

KDTW · day 13 at 01:53 UTC · wind from 200° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 9,000 ft · broken layer at 11,000 ft · broken layer at 25,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.84" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 6 kt

6 USABLE · 6 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

200°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 6 usable

21R★ HDG 210° H6 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,501'

21L HDG 210° H6 kt X1 kt LEFT 10,001'

22R HDG 220° H6 kt X2 kt LEFT 10,000'

22L HDG 220° H6 kt X2 kt LEFT 12,003'

27R HDG 270° H2 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

27L HDG 270° H2 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 6 ends

09L HDG 090° T2 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

09R HDG 090° T2 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

03L HDG 030° T6 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

03R HDG 030° T6 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

04L HDG 040° T6 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

04R HDG 040° T6 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

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 +7°C

1,600FT

+955 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV645 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT722 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 MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN250

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

BKN110

Broken · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT090

Scattered · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING11,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,049 ft VFR MARGIN+8,000 ft

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

11:43ZSUNRISE

17:21ZSOLAR NOON

22:58ZSUNSET

23:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:26Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 14m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:07Z MOONSET00:22Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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