// Station · 18m ago

KPHX

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 32.8°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 1,135 FT

33.4353°N / 112.0059°W

LOCATION · Phoenix, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KPHX · 1,135 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW100 FEW210

T / Td

33 / 13

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 10,000 ft, and a few at 21,000 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 KPHX 251351Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW100 FEW210 33/13 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP101 P0000 T03280133

KPHX · day 25 at 13:51 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 10,000 ft · a few clouds at 21,000 ft · temp 33°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 11,489'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 11,489'

07L HDG 070° —CALM —— 10,300'

25R HDG 250° —CALM —— 10,300'

07R HDG 070° —CALM —— 7,800'

25L HDG 250° —CALM —— 7,800'

Pattern altitude: 2,135 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

3,600FT

+2,465 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,135 FT OAT+33°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT1,153 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KP52 (Cottonwood Airport, Cottonwood, elev 3,550 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+36%

-25%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+25%

-16%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-11%

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)

FEW210

Few · base 21,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW100

Few · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER21,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL17,701 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:58ZSUNRISE

19:31ZSOLAR NOON

02:04ZSUNSET

02:30ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:09Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:30Z (12h 20m) DAY LENGTH13h 05m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE22:56Z MOONSET12:02Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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