// Station · 13d ago · STALE · HARD STALE

KGLS

Scholes International At Galveston Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 23°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 6 FT

29.2653°N / 94.8604°W

LOCATION · Galveston, US

WIND

130°7 kt

KGLS · 6 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW024

T / Td

28 / 23

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 130°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 2,400 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 291246Z 13007KT 10SM FEW024 28/23 A2990

KGLS · day 29 at 12:46 UTC · wind from 130° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,400 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

130°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H7 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,000'

18 HDG 180° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT 6,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

36 HDG 360° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

32 HDG 320° T7 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

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 +13°C

1,600FT

+1,594 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT24 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KERV (Kerrville / Kerr County Airport at Louis Schreiner Field, Kerrville, elev 1,617 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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)

FEW024

Few · base 2,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,147 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:19ZSUNRISE

18:07ZSOLAR NOON

23:54ZSUNSET

00:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:18Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 34m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:42Z MOONSET01:16Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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