// Station · 21m ago

KPVW

Hale County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 19°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 3,374 FT

34.1681°N / 101.7170°W

LOCATION · Plainview, US

WIND

160°7 kt

KPVW · 3,374 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT042 SCT048 SCT110

T / Td

29 / 19

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 4,200 ft, scattered at 4,800 ft, and scattered at 11,000 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 KPVW 132015Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM SCT042 SCT048 SCT110 29/19 A2994 RMK AO2

KPVW · day 13 at 20:15 UTC · wind from 160° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,200 ft · scattered layer at 4,800 ft · scattered layer at 11,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

160°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

13★ HDG 130° H6 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,000'

22 HDG 220° H4 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 86%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

04 HDG 040° T3 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T6 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 4,374 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 +21°C

5,800FT

+2,426 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,374 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+21°C PRESSURE ALT3,351 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTAD (Perry Stokes Airport, Trinidad, elev 5,762 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+58%

-41%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+41%

-26%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+23%

-17%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT110

Scattered · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT048

Scattered · base 4,800 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT042

Scattered · base 4,200 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~56% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL18,020 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:51ZSUNRISE

18:34ZSOLAR NOON

00:16ZSUNSET

00:42ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:36Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 40m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:42Z (4h 05m) DAY LENGTH11h 25m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION7% MOONRISE14:52Z MOONSET02:17Z FULL MOON IN12 days

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