// Station · 59m ago

KEFD

Ellington Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,000 ft

T/Td 28°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 32 FT

29.6073°N / 95.1588°W

LOCATION · Houston, US

WIND

130°7 kt

KEFD · 32 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN070

LAYERS

FEW020 BKN070

T / Td

28 / 25

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Light winds at 130°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 2,000 ft, and broken at 7,000 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 KEFD 130054Z 13007KT 10SM FEW020 BKN070 28/25 A2996

KEFD · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 130° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · broken layer at 7,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

130°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17L★ HDG 170° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,609'

17R HDG 170° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT 9,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35R HDG 350° T5 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

35L HDG 350° T5 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

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 +13°C

1,500FT

+1,468 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV32 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT-9 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KETN (Eastland Municipal Airport, Eastland, elev 1,464 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN070

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

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,173 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

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

12:21ZSUNRISE

18:08ZSOLAR NOON

23:55ZSUNSET

00:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:53Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:19Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 33m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:43Z MOONSET01:17Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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