// Station · 16m ago

KPHX

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 15 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,000 ft

T/Td 22.8°C / 14.4°C

ALTIM 29.84 inHg

ELEV 1,135 FT

33.4353°N / 112.0059°W

LOCATION · Phoenix, US

WIND

260°15 kt

KPHX · 1,135 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/15

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN050

LAYERS

FEW039 BKN050 BKN060 BKN200

T / Td

23 / 14

ALTIM

29.84"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,000 ft. Brisk winds at 260°/15 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 3,900 ft, broken at 5,000 ft, broken at 6,000 ft, and broken at 20,000 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 130051Z 26015KT 10SM FEW039 BKN050CB BKN060 BKN200 23/14 A2984 RMK AO2 PK WND 27031/0023 SLP091 CB NE-E MOV N AND DSNT SW-NW SHRA NE-E AND DSNT SW-NW T02280144 $

KPHX · day 13 at 00:51 UTC · wind from 260° at 15 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,900 ft · broken layer at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 6,000 ft · broken layer at 20,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.84" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1009.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 15 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

260°15 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

26★ HDG 260° H15 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 11,489'

25R HDG 250° H15 kt X3 kt RIGHT 10,300'

25L HDG 250° H15 kt X3 kt RIGHT 7,800'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

07L HDG 070° T15 kt X3 kt LEFT —

07R HDG 070° T15 kt X3 kt LEFT —

08 HDG 080° T15 kt X0 kt — —

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 +10°C

2,400FT

+1,265 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,135 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT1,212 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRYN (Ryan Field, Tucson, elev 2,417 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-7%

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 · 4 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN200

Broken · base 20,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN050

Broken · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW039

Few · base 3,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER20,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~99% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,650 ft VFR MARGIN+2,000 ft

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

13:31ZSUNRISE

19:15ZSOLAR NOON

00:59ZSUNSET

01:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:24Z (16m) DAY LENGTH11h 28m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:52Z MOONSET02:20Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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