// Station · 11m ago

KFFZ

Falcon Field

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 42.2°C / 12.2°C

ALTIM 29.79 inHg

ELEV 1,394 FT

33.4608°N / 111.7280°W

LOCATION · Mesa, US

WIND

290°7 kt

KFFZ · 1,394 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

42 / 12

ALTIM

29.79"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 290°/7 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KFFZ 282254Z 29007KT 10SM CLR 42/12 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP059 T04220122

KFFZ · day 28 at 22:54 UTC · wind from 290° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 42°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.79" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1005.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

290°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

22R★ HDG 220° H2 kt X7 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,799'

22L HDG 220° H2 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

04L HDG 040° T2 kt X7 kt LEFT —

04R HDG 040° T2 kt X7 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,394 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 +30°C

5,100FT

+3,706 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,394 FT OAT+42°C ISA DELTA+30°C PRESSURE ALT1,521 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPRC (Prescott Regional Airport - Ernest A. Love Field, Prescott, elev 5,045 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+51%

-36%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+36%

-23%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+20%

-15%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL22,707 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:59ZSUNRISE

19:29ZSOLAR NOON

01:59ZSUNSET

02:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 54m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:25Z (3h 19m) DAY LENGTH12h 59m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:42Z MOONSET14:42Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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