// Station · 9m ago

KLBB

Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27.2°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 3,282 FT

33.6636°N / 101.8230°W

LOCATION · Lubbock, US

WIND

160°9 kt

KLBB · 3,282 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW050 FEW100

T / Td

27 / 16

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 160°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 5,000 ft, and a few at 10,000 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 130153Z 16009KT 10SM FEW050 FEW100 27/16 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP089 T02720161 $

KLBB · day 13 at 01:53 UTC · wind from 160° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · a few clouds at 10,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 9 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

160°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

17L★ HDG 170° H9 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,891'

17R HDG 170° H9 kt X2 kt LEFT 11,500'

08 HDG 080° H2 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

26 HDG 260° T2 kt X9 kt LEFT —

35R HDG 350° T9 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

35L HDG 350° T9 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

5,500FT

+2,218 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,282 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT3,259 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KFMN (Four Corners Regional Airport, Farmington, elev 5,506 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+55%

-39%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+39%

-25%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+22%

-17%

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)

FEW100

Few · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW050

Few · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL17,019 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:50ZSUNRISE

18:34ZSOLAR NOON

00:19ZSUNSET

00:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:44Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 28m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:13Z MOONSET01:41Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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