// Station · 26m ago

KPSX

Palacios Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27.8°C / 26.1°C

ALTIM 29.95 inHg

ELEV 14 FT

28.7275°N / 96.2510°W

LOCATION · Palacios, US

WIND

160°7 kt

KPSX · 14 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW019

T / Td

28 / 26

ALTIM

29.95"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 1,900 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 KPSX 131153Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM FEW019 28/26 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02780261 10283 20278 53004

KPSX · day 13 at 11:53 UTC · wind from 160° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 1,900 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.95" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 7 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

160°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

18★ HDG 180° H7 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,001'

13 HDG 130° H6 kt X3 kt RIGHT 5,001'

08 HDG 080° H1 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

26 HDG 260° T1 kt X7 kt LEFT —

31 HDG 310° T6 kt X3 kt LEFT —

36 HDG 360° T7 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,014 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 +13°C

1,500FT

+1,486 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV14 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT-18 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KETN (Eastland Municipal Airport, Eastland, elev 1,464 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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)

FEW019

Few · base 1,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,054 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

12:25ZSUNRISE

18:12ZSOLAR NOON

23:58ZSUNSET

00:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 39m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:22Z (12h 02m) DAY LENGTH11h 33m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION5% MOONRISE14:09Z MOONSET01:42Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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