// Station · 21m ago

KEFD

Ellington Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 230° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 32°C / 24°C

ALTIM 30.05 inHg

ELEV 32 FT

29.6073°N / 95.1588°W

LOCATION · Houston, US

WIND

230°5 kt

KEFD · 32 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT022

T / Td

32 / 24

ALTIM

30.05"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 230°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 2,200 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 KEFD 251554Z 23005KT 10SM SCT022 32/24 A3005

KEFD · day 25 at 15:54 UTC · wind from 230° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 2,200 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.05" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

230°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17L★ HDG 170° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,609'

17R HDG 170° H3 kt X4 kt RIGHT 9,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35R HDG 350° T2 kt X4 kt LEFT —

35L HDG 350° T2 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,032 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 +17°C

1,900FT

+1,868 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV32 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT-101 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSJT (San Angelo Regional Mathis Field, San Angelo, elev 1,919 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

SCT022

Scattered · base 2,200 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL16,194 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:55ZSUNRISE

18:24ZSOLAR NOON

00:52ZSUNSET

01:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:17Z (9h 01m) DAY LENGTH12h 57m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:58Z MOONSET10:55Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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