// Station · 29m ago
KDYS
Dyess Air Force Base
CAT VFR
WIND 130° / 4 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 30.8°C / 19.8°C
ALTIM 30.05 inHg
ELEV 1,789 FT
32.4208°N / 99.8546°W
LOCATION · Abilene, US
WIND
130°4 kt
KDYS · 1,789 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 16Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
130°/4
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
31 / 20
ALTIM
30.05"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at 130°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR KDYS 111655Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR 31/20 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP145 T03080198
KDYS · day 11 at 16:55 UTC · wind from 130° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 31°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.05" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.5 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 130° @ 4 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
130°4 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
6 ends
16
HDG 160°
—CALM
——
13,500'
34
HDG 340°
—CALM
——
13,500'
161
HDG 160°
—CALM
——
3,500'
341
HDG 340°
—CALM
——
3,500'
162
HDG 160°
—CALM
——
3,500'
342
HDG 340°
—CALM
——
3,500'
Pattern altitude: 2,789 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 +19°C
3,900FT
+2,111 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -300 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV1,789 FT
OAT+31°C
ISA DELTA+19°C
PRESSURE ALT1,656 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KBIF
(Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss), Fort Bliss/El Paso, elev 3,946 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+39%
-27%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+27%
-18%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+16%
-12%
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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)
11:41ZSUNRISE
18:46ZSOLAR NOON
01:50ZSUNSET
02:18ZCIVIL END
CURRENT17:24Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 25m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:18Z (8h 53m)
DAY LENGTH14h 08m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION10%
MOONRISE09:12Z
MOONSET23:20Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KABI
VFR
Abilene Regional Airport · Abilene
- WIND
- 210° / 9 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 9 NM E
- AGE
- 32m ago
KSWW
VFR
Avenger Field · Sweetwater
- WIND
- 180° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 31 NM W
- AGE
- 9m ago
KCOM
VFR
Coleman Municipal Airport · Coleman
- WIND
- 180° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT070
- DIST
- 42 NM SE
- AGE
- 9m ago
KGZN
VFR
Gregory M. Simmons Memorial Airport · Cisco
- WIND
- 230° / 10 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 42 NM E
- AGE
- 9m ago
KBKD
MVFR
Stephens County Airport · Breckenridge
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 5.0 SM
- CEILING
- SCT050
- DIST
- 52 NM E
- AGE
- 9m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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