// Station · 15m ago

KIAH

George Bush Intercontinental Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 20,000 ft

T/Td 26.7°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 97 FT

29.9844°N / 95.3414°W

LOCATION · Houston, US

WIND

140°7 kt

KIAH · 97 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN200

LAYERS

FEW020 FEW030 SCT065 BKN200

T / Td

27 / 25

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 20,000 ft. Light winds at 140°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 2,000 ft, a few at 3,000 ft, scattered at 6,500 ft, and broken at 20,000 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 130053Z 14007KT 10SM FEW020 FEW030 SCT065 BKN200 27/25 A2996 RMK AO2 RAE05 SLP146 P0000 T02670250

KIAH · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 140° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · scattered layer at 6,500 ft · broken layer at 20,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 7 kt

5 USABLE · 5 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

140°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 5 usable

15L★ HDG 150° H7 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 12,001'

15R HDG 150° H7 kt X1 kt LEFT 10,000'

09 HDG 090° H4 kt X5 kt RIGHT 10,000'

08L HDG 080° H4 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 86%

08R HDG 080° H4 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 86%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 5 ends

26R HDG 260° T3 kt X6 kt LEFT —

26L HDG 260° T3 kt X6 kt LEFT —

27 HDG 270° T4 kt X5 kt LEFT —

33R HDG 330° T7 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

33L HDG 330° T7 kt X1 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 +12°C

1,500FT

+1,403 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV97 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT56 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)

BKN200

Broken · base 20,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT065

Scattered · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING20,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER20,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~99% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,582 ft VFR MARGIN+17,000 ft

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

12:22ZSUNRISE

18:08ZSOLAR NOON

23:55ZSUNSET

00:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:19Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 33m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:43Z MOONSET01:16Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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