// Station · 24m ago

KFTW

Fort Worth Meacham International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 9 kt G17

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 25,000 ft

T/Td 31.7°C / 17.8°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 710 FT

32.8199°N / 97.3608°W

LOCATION · Fort Worth, US

WIND

200°9 kt

KFTW · 710 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/9G17

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN250

LAYERS

FEW045 SCT120 BKN250

T / Td

32 / 18

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 25,000 ft. Moderate winds at 200°/9 kt, gusting 17, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 4,500 ft, scattered at 12,000 ft, and broken at 25,000 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 KFTW 251553Z 20009G17KT 10SM FEW045 SCT120 BKN250 32/18 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP154 T03170178

KFTW · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 200° at 9 kt, gusts to 17 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,500 ft · scattered layer at 12,000 ft · broken layer at 25,000 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 9 ktG17

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

200°9G17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17★ HDG 170° H8 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,005'

16 HDG 160° H7 kt X6 kt RIGHT 7,502'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

34 HDG 340° T7 kt X6 kt LEFT —

35 HDG 350° T8 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,710 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 +18°C

2,700FT

+1,990 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV710 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT598 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KE41 (Reagan County Airport, Big Lake, elev 2,706 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+27%

-19%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+19%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN250

Broken · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT120

Scattered · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW045

Few · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING25,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL16,720 ft VFR MARGIN+22,000 ft

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

12:00ZSUNRISE

18:33ZSOLAR NOON

01:05ZSUNSET

01:30ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 47m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:30Z (9h 12m) DAY LENGTH13h 04m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:03Z MOONSET11:07Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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