// Station · 20m ago

KSPS

Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 40°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 1,019 FT

33.9888°N / 98.4919°W

LOCATION · Wichita Falls, US

WIND

160°10 kt

KSPS · 1,019 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW200

T / Td

40 / 14

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 160°/10 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few 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 KSPS 251752Z 16010KT 10SM FEW200 40/14 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP112 T04000139 58010 $

KSPS · day 25 at 17:52 UTC · wind from 160° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 20,000 ft · temp 40°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 10 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID

WIND

160°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

15C★ HDG 150° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,003'

15L HDG 150° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT 6,000'

15R HDG 150° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT 13,100'

17 HDG 170° H10 kt X2 kt LEFT 7,021'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

33C HDG 330° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

33R HDG 330° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

33L HDG 330° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

35 HDG 350° T10 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

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 +27°C

4,300FT

+3,281 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,019 FT OAT+40°C ISA DELTA+27°C PRESSURE ALT1,016 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KE38 (Alpine Casparis Municipal Airport, Alpine, elev 4,515 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+43%

-30%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+30%

-19%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+17%

-13%

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)

FEW200

Few · base 20,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER20,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL21,221 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:04ZSUNRISE

18:37ZSOLAR NOON

01:11ZSUNSET

01:36ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:36Z (7h 24m) DAY LENGTH13h 06m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:10Z MOONSET11:17Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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