// Station · 7m ago

KFWA

Fort Wayne International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 22.8°C / 14.4°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 814 FT

40.9789°N / 85.1945°W

LOCATION · Fort Wayne, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KFWA · 814 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW030 SCT300

T / Td

23 / 14

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 3,000 ft, and scattered at 30,000 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 KFWA 251654Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW030 SCT300 23/14 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP207 T02280144

KFWA · day 25 at 16:54 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · scattered layer at 30,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1020.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 11,981'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 11,981'

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 8,002'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 8,002'

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 4,001'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 4,001'

Pattern altitude: 1,814 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 +9°C

1,700FT

+886 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV814 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT581 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K6L4 (Logan County Airport, Logan, elev 1,667 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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)

SCT300

Scattered · base 30,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER30,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,329 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:01ZSUNRISE

17:44ZSOLAR NOON

00:26ZSUNSET

00:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:55Z (7h 53m) DAY LENGTH13h 24m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:05Z MOONSET10:30Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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