// Station · 12m ago

KHOU

William P. Hobby Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,000 ft

T/Td 27.2°C / 25.6°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 46 FT

29.6453°N / 95.2768°W

LOCATION · Houston, US

WIND

150°7 kt

KHOU · 46 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN070

LAYERS

FEW020 SCT040 BKN070 BKN220

T / Td

27 / 26

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Light winds at 150°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 2,000 ft, scattered at 4,000 ft, broken at 7,000 ft, and broken at 22,000 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 KHOU 130053Z 15007KT 10SM FEW020 SCT040 BKN070 BKN220 27/26 A2996 RMK AO2 RAE2356 SLP149 P0000 T02720256

KHOU · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 150° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · scattered layer at 4,000 ft · broken layer at 7,000 ft · broken layer at 22,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 7 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

150°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

13L★ HDG 130° H7 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,148'

13R HDG 130° H7 kt X2 kt RIGHT 7,602'

22 HDG 220° H2 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

04 HDG 040° T2 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

31R HDG 310° T7 kt X2 kt LEFT —

31L HDG 310° T7 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 +12°C

1,500FT

+1,454 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV46 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT5 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KETN (Eastland Municipal Airport, Eastland, elev 1,464 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-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 · 4 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN220

Broken · base 22,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN070

Broken · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT040

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

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER22,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~99% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,783 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

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

12:21ZSUNRISE

18:08ZSOLAR NOON

23:55ZSUNSET

00:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:19Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 33m

Waxing Crescent

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

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