// Station · 23m ago

KGLS

Scholes International At Galveston Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 31.7°C / 24.4°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

ELEV 6 FT

29.2653°N / 94.8604°W

LOCATION · Galveston, US

WIND

210°4 kt

KGLS · 6 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW025

T / Td

32 / 24

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 210°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 2,500 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 KGLS 251552Z 21004KT 10SM FEW025 32/24 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP181 T03170244

KGLS · day 25 at 15:52 UTC · wind from 210° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,500 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

210°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 6,001'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 6,001'

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 6,000'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 6,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,006 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

1,800FT

+1,794 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT-147 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KABI (Abilene Regional Airport, Abilene, elev 1,791 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW025

Few · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,016 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:54ZSUNRISE

18:23ZSOLAR NOON

00:51ZSUNSET

01:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:15Z (9h 00m) DAY LENGTH12h 56m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:57Z MOONSET10:53Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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