// Station · 20m ago

KMAF

Midland International Air and Space Port

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 36.7°C / 7.8°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 2,871 FT

31.9425°N / 102.2020°W

LOCATION · Midland, US

WIND

170°8 kt

KMAF · 2,871 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

37 / 8

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 170°/8 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 251753Z 17008KT 10SM CLR 37/08 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP131 T03670078 10367 20244 58005

KMAF · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 170° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 37°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 8 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

170°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

16L★ HDG 160° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,247'

16R HDG 160° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT 9,501'

22 HDG 220° H5 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 75%

10 HDG 100° H3 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

28 HDG 280° T3 kt X8 kt LEFT —

04 HDG 040° T5 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

34R HDG 340° T8 kt X1 kt LEFT —

34L HDG 340° T8 kt X1 kt LEFT —

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 +27°C

5,900FT

+3,029 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,871 FT OAT+37°C ISA DELTA+27°C PRESSURE ALT2,700 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAEG (Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque, elev 5,837 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+59%

-41%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+41%

-27%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+24%

-18%

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 LEVEL21,406 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:21ZSUNRISE

18:52ZSOLAR NOON

01:23ZSUNSET

01:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 09m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:48Z (7h 35m) DAY LENGTH13h 02m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:27Z MOONSET11:29Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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