// Station · 19m ago

KHOU

William P. Hobby Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 33.9°C / 22.2°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 46 FT

29.6453°N / 95.2768°W

LOCATION · Houston, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KHOU · 46 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT045

T / Td

34 / 22

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 4,500 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 KHOU 251753Z VRB03KT 10SM SCT045 34/22 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP171 T03390222 10344 20261 58005

KHOU · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,500 ft · temp 34°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.1 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

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 7,602'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 7,602'

13R HDG 130° —CALM —— 7,602'

31L HDG 310° —CALM —— 7,602'

13L HDG 130° —CALM —— 5,148'

31R HDG 310° —CALM —— 5,148'

Pattern altitude: 1,046 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 +19°C

2,200FT

+2,154 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV46 FT OAT+34°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT-66 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSOA (Sonora Municipal Airport, Sonora, elev 2,140 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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)

SCT045

Scattered · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL17,167 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:56ZSUNRISE

18:24ZSOLAR NOON

00:53ZSUNSET

01:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 40m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:17Z (7h 04m) DAY LENGTH12h 57m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:02Z MOONSET10:59Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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