// Station · 20m ago

KDYS

Dyess Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 35.8°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 1,789 FT

32.4208°N / 99.8546°W

LOCATION · Abilene, US

WIND

160°8 kt

KDYS · 1,789 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW190

T / Td

36 / 15

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 160°/8 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 KDYS 251755Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM FEW190 36/15 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP130 T03580150 10358 20240 58011

KDYS · day 25 at 17:55 UTC · wind from 160° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 19,000 ft · temp 36°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

160°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

16★ HDG 160° H8 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 13,500'

161 HDG 160° H8 kt X0 kt — 3,500'

162 HDG 160° H8 kt X0 kt — 3,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

34 HDG 340° T8 kt X0 kt — —

341 HDG 340° T8 kt X0 kt — —

342 HDG 340° T8 kt X0 kt — —

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 +24°C

4,600FT

+2,811 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,789 FT OAT+36°C ISA DELTA+24°C PRESSURE ALT1,698 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KE38 (Alpine Casparis Municipal Airport, Alpine, elev 4,515 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+46%

-32%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+32%

-21%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+18%

-14%

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 LEVEL19,870 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:11ZSUNRISE

18:43ZSOLAR NOON

01:14ZSUNSET

01:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 59m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:40Z (7h 24m) DAY LENGTH13h 03m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:17Z MOONSET11:21Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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