// Station · 11m ago

KFWA

Fort Wayne International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20.6°C / 15.6°C

ALTIM 29.87 inHg

ELEV 814 FT

40.9789°N / 85.1945°W

LOCATION · Fort Wayne, US

WIND

200°8 kt

KFWA · 814 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW120 FEW250

T / Td

21 / 16

ALTIM

29.87"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 200°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 12,000 ft, and a few 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 KFWA 130054Z 20008KT 10SM FEW120 FEW250 21/16 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T02060156 $

KFWA · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 200° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 12,000 ft · a few clouds at 25,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.87" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

200°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

23★ HDG 230° H7 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 11,981'

14 HDG 140° H4 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

27 HDG 270° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

09 HDG 090° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

32 HDG 320° T4 kt X7 kt LEFT —

05 HDG 050° T7 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

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 +7°C

1,700FT

+886 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV814 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT861 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)

FEW250

Few · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW120

Few · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,218 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:49ZSUNRISE

17:28ZSOLAR NOON

23:06ZSUNSET

23:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:34Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 16m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:10Z MOONSET00:27Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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