// Station · 21m ago

KFTY

Fulton County Airport Brown Field

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29.4°C / 22.8°C

ALTIM 30.14 inHg

ELEV 841 FT

33.7791°N / 84.5214°W

LOCATION · Atlanta, US

WIND

260°9 kt

KFTY · 841 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW027

T / Td

29 / 23

ALTIM

30.14"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 260°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 2,700 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 KFTY 111453Z 26009KT 10SM FEW027 29/23 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP194 T02940228 51005

KFTY · day 11 at 14:53 UTC · wind from 260° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,700 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.14" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

260°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

26★ HDG 260° H9 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,797'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

08 HDG 080° T9 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,841 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 +16°C

2,500FT

+1,659 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV841 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT620 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBKW (Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beaver, elev 2,504 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW027

Few · base 2,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,689 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:37ZSUNRISE

17:44ZSOLAR NOON

00:52ZSUNSET

01:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:20Z (10h 06m) DAY LENGTH14h 15m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE08:03Z MOONSET22:18Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KMGE

VFR → IFR 21Z

Dobbins Air Reserve Base · Marietta

WIND: 270° / 11 ktG18
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT025
DIST: 8 NM N
AGE: 19m ago

KATL

VFR

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · Atlanta

WIND: 260° / 12 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW025
DIST: 10 NM SE
AGE: 22m ago

KPDK

VFR

DeKalb Peachtree Airport · Atlanta

WIND: 260° / 10 ktG16
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW023
DIST: 12 NM NE
AGE: 21m ago

KRYY

MVFR → VFR 17Z

Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field · Atlanta

WIND: 250° / 11 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN023
DIST: 15 NM N
AGE: 24m ago

KPUJ

VFR

Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport · Dallas

WIND: 260° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW019
DIST: 22 NM W
AGE: 19m ago

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