// Station · 12m ago

KSPS

Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 13 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27.8°C / 20°C

ALTIM 29.86 inHg

ELEV 1,019 FT

33.9888°N / 98.4919°W

LOCATION · Wichita Falls, US

WIND

170°13 kt

KSPS · 1,019 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/13

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 20

ALTIM

29.86"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 170°/13 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KSPS 130052Z AUTO 17013KT 10SM CLR 28/20 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP100 T02780200 $

KSPS · day 13 at 00:52 UTC · wind from 170° at 13 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 29.86" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 13 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID

WIND

170°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

17★ HDG 170° H13 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 7,021'

15C HDG 150° H12 kt X4 kt RIGHT 10,003'

15L HDG 150° H12 kt X4 kt RIGHT 6,000'

15R HDG 150° H12 kt X4 kt RIGHT 13,100'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

33C HDG 330° T12 kt X4 kt LEFT —

33R HDG 330° T12 kt X4 kt LEFT —

33L HDG 330° T12 kt X4 kt LEFT —

35 HDG 350° T13 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 2,019 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

2,900FT

+1,881 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,019 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT1,075 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KPYX (Perryton Ochiltree County Airport, Perryton, elev 2,918 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+29%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL15,059 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:37ZSUNRISE

18:21ZSOLAR NOON

00:05ZSUNSET

00:30ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:30Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 27m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:58Z MOONSET01:26Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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