// Station · 12m ago

KMAF

Midland International Air and Space Port

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 12 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28.9°C / 17.2°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 2,871 FT

31.9425°N / 102.2020°W

LOCATION · Midland, US

WIND

150°12 kt

KMAF · 2,871 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/12

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 17

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 150°/12 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KMAF 130053Z 15012KT 10SM CLR 29/17 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP082 T02890172

KMAF · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 150° at 12 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 12 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

150°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

16L★ HDG 160° H12 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,247'

16R HDG 160° H12 kt X2 kt LEFT 9,501'

10 HDG 100° H8 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 75%

22 HDG 220° H4 kt X11 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 92%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

04 HDG 040° T4 kt X11 kt RIGHT —

28 HDG 280° T8 kt X9 kt LEFT —

34R HDG 340° T12 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

34L HDG 340° T12 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 3,871 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 +20°C

5,200FT

+2,329 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,871 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT2,877 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMRF (Marfa Municipal Airport, Marfa, elev 4,849 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+52%

-36%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+36%

-23%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+21%

-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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL17,467 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:51ZSUNRISE

18:36ZSOLAR NOON

00:21ZSUNSET

00:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:46Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 30m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:12Z MOONSET01:42Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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