// Station · 16m ago

KLBB

Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 330° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28.3°C / 9.4°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 3,282 FT

33.6636°N / 101.8230°W

LOCATION · Lubbock, US

WIND

330°5 kt

KLBB · 3,282 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW110 FEW170

T / Td

28 / 9

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 330°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 11,000 ft, and a few at 17,000 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 KLBB 251353Z 33005KT 10SM FEW110 FEW170 28/09 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02830094

KLBB · day 25 at 13:53 UTC · wind from 330° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 11,000 ft · a few clouds at 17,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 5 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

330°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

35R★ HDG 350° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,891'

35L HDG 350° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT 11,500'

26 HDG 260° H2 kt X5 kt RIGHT 8,003'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

08 HDG 080° T2 kt X5 kt LEFT —

17L HDG 170° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

17R HDG 170° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 4,282 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 +19°C

5,400FT

+2,118 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,282 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT3,049 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KABQ (Albuquerque International Sunport, Albuquerque, elev 5,355 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+54%

-38%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+38%

-24%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+22%

-16%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW170

Few · base 17,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW110

Few · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER17,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL17,575 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:17ZSUNRISE

18:50ZSOLAR NOON

01:23ZSUNSET

01:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:09Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:49Z (11h 39m) DAY LENGTH13h 06m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE22:15Z MOONSET11:22Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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