// Station · 22m ago

KIWA

Mesa Gateway Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 39°C / 14°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 1,382 FT

33.3078°N / 111.6550°W

LOCATION · Mesa, US

WIND

VRB4 kt

KIWA · 1,382 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT120

T / Td

39 / 14

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 12,000 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 KIWA 251751Z VRB04KT 10SM SCT120 39/14 A2994

KIWA · day 25 at 17:51 UTC · wind variable at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 12,000 ft · temp 39°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends

12R HDG 120° —CALM —— 10,401'

30L HDG 300° —CALM —— 10,401'

12C HDG 120° —CALM —— 10,201'

30C HDG 300° —CALM —— 10,201'

12L HDG 120° —CALM —— 9,300'

30R HDG 300° —CALM —— 9,300'

Pattern altitude: 2,382 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 +27°C

4,600FT

+3,218 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,382 FT OAT+39°C ISA DELTA+27°C PRESSURE ALT1,359 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KFHU (Sierra Vista Municipal Airport / Libby Army Air Field, Fort Huachuca / Sierra Vista, elev 4,719 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+46%

-32%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+32%

-21%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+18%

-14%

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)

SCT120

Scattered · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL21,079 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:57ZSUNRISE

19:30ZSOLAR NOON

02:02ZSUNSET

02:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 49m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:28Z (8h 14m) DAY LENGTH13h 05m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:03Z MOONSET12:09Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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