// Station · 14m ago

KJWY

Mid-Way Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 23°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 713 FT

32.4587°N / 96.9124°W

LOCATION · Midlothian/Waxahachie, US

WIND

150°6 kt

KJWY · 713 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW038

T / Td

28 / 23

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 150°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 3,800 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 KJWY 130055Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM FEW038 28/23 A2994 RMK AO2 T02800230

KJWY · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 150° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,800 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

150°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

18★ HDG 180° H5 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

36 HDG 360° T5 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,713 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 +14°C

2,400FT

+1,687 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV713 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT690 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHHF (Hemphill County Airport, Canadian, elev 2,396 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-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)

FEW038

Few · base 3,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,854 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:30ZSUNRISE

18:15ZSOLAR NOON

00:00ZSUNSET

00:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:09Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:24Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 29m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:51Z MOONSET01:21Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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