// Station · 4m ago
KT69
Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 8.0 SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 31°C / 26°C
ALTIM 29.86 inHg
ELEV 48 FT
28.0392°N / 97.5424°W
LOCATION · Sinton, US
WIND
—calm
KT69 · 48 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 20Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
8.0 SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
31 / 26
ALTIM
29.86"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility 8.0 SM 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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METAR KT69 302055Z AUTO 8SM CLR 31/26 A2986 RMK A01
KT69 · day 30 at 20:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 8.0 SM · temp 31°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.86" Hg
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
CALMcalm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
14
HDG 140°
—CALM
——
4,323'
32
HDG 320°
—CALM
——
4,323'
Pattern altitude: 1,048 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 +16°C
2,000FT
+1,952 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +100 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV48 FT
OAT+31°C
ISA DELTA+16°C
PRESSURE ALT104 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KCDS
(Childress Municipal Airport, Childress, elev 1,954 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+20%
-14%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+14%
-9%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+8%
-6%
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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)
11:35ZSUNRISE
18:29ZSOLAR NOON
01:22ZSUNSET
01:48ZCIVIL END
CURRENT20:59Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 23m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:48Z (4h 49m)
DAY LENGTH13h 46m
Full Moon
ILLUMINATION100%
MOONRISE23:05Z
MOONSET12:52Z
FULL MOON IN1 day
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KCRP
VFR
→
MVFR
09Z
Corpus Christi International Airport · Corpus Christi
- WIND
- 130° / 9 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW034
- DIST
- 16 NM S
- AGE
- 8m ago
KRBO
—
Nueces County Airport · Robstown
- WIND
- 110° / 4 kt
- VIS
- —
- CEILING
- SCT041
- DIST
- 18 NM SW
- AGE
- 24m ago
KBEA
VFR
Beeville Municipal Airport · Beeville
- WIND
- 160° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 23 NM NW
- AGE
- 4m ago
KNGP
VFR
→
MVFR
09Z
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Truax Field · Corpus Christi
- WIND
- 120° / 13 ktG20
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 25 NM SE
- AGE
- 3m ago
KRKP
VFR
Aransas County Airport · Rockport
- WIND
- 140° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 8.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 27 NM E
- AGE
- 6m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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