// Station · 29m ago

KLUF

Luke Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 230° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 6,000 ft

T/Td 21°C / 16°C

ALTIM — inHg

ELEV 1,085 FT

33.5350°N / 112.3830°W

LOCATION · Glendale, US

WIND

230°6 kt

KLUF · 1,085 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC060

LAYERS

FEW041 OVC060

T / Td

21 / 16

ALTIM

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// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Light winds at 230°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 4,100 ft, and overcast at 6,000 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

SPECI KLUF 130137Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM FEW041 OVC060 21/16 M RMK AO2 DZE0056DZB25E37 SLPNO $

KLUF · day 13 at 01:37 UTC · wind from 230° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,100 ft · overcast at 6,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 16°C · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

230°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

21R★ HDG 210° H6 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,000'

21L HDG 210° H6 kt X2 kt RIGHT 9,912'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

03L HDG 030° T6 kt X2 kt LEFT —

03R HDG 030° T6 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,085 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 +8°C

2,100FT

+1,015 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,085 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT1,085 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAVQ (Marana Regional Airport, Marana, elev 2,031 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

OVC060

Overcast · base 6,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

FEW041

Few · base 4,100 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,691 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

13:32ZSUNRISE

19:17ZSOLAR NOON

01:01ZSUNSET

01:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:26Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 28m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:56Z MOONSET02:24Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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