// Station · 25m ago

KIAH

George Bush Intercontinental Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 32.2°C / 23.9°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

ELEV 97 FT

29.9844°N / 95.3414°W

LOCATION · Houston, US

WIND

240°8 kt

KIAH · 97 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT030

T / Td

32 / 24

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 240°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 3,000 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 KIAH 251553Z 24008KT 10SM SCT030 32/24 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP181 T03220239

KIAH · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 240° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 3,000 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 240° @ 8 kt

7 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 4 CAUTION

WIND

240°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 7 usable

26R★ HDG 260° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,000'

26L HDG 260° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT 9,402'

27 HDG 270° H7 kt X4 kt LEFT 10,000'

15L HDG 150° H0 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

33R HDG 330° H0 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

15R HDG 150° H0 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

33L HDG 330° H0 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

09 HDG 090° T7 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

08L HDG 080° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

08R HDG 080° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,097 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 +17°C

2,000FT

+1,903 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV97 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT-56 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCDS (Childress Municipal Airport, Childress, elev 1,954 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

SCT030

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

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL16,360 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:55ZSUNRISE

18:24ZSOLAR NOON

00:54ZSUNSET

01:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:18Z (9h 00m) DAY LENGTH12h 58m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:58Z MOONSET10:56Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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