// Station · 14m ago

KMWL

Mineral Wells Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 6,000 ft

T/Td 27.8°C / 21.7°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 974 FT

32.7816°N / 98.0602°W

LOCATION · Mineral Wells, US

WIND

150°7 kt

KMWL · 974 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC060

LAYERS

OVC060

T / Td

28 / 22

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Light winds at 150°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, 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

METAR KMWL 130053Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM OVC060 28/22 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP114 T02780217

KMWL · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 150° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 6,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

150°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

13★ HDG 130° H7 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,996'

17 HDG 170° H7 kt X2 kt LEFT 4,188'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

31 HDG 310° T7 kt X2 kt LEFT —

35 HDG 350° T7 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,974 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 +15°C

2,700FT

+1,726 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV974 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT980 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KE41 (Reagan County Airport, Big Lake, elev 2,706 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+27%

-19%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+19%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC060

Overcast · base 6,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL15,014 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

12:35ZSUNRISE

18:19ZSOLAR NOON

00:04ZSUNSET

00:29ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:29Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 29m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:56Z MOONSET01:25Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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