// Station · 12m ago

KT69

Alfred C 'Bubba' Thomas Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 27°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 48 FT

28.0392°N / 97.5424°W

LOCATION · Sinton, US

WIND

—calm

KT69 · 48 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW017

T / Td

29 / 27

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility 9.0 SM and a few at 1,700 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 KT69 130215Z AUTO 9SM FEW017 29/27 A2994 RMK A01

KT69 · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 9.0 SM · a few clouds at 1,700 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 27°C · altimeter 29.94" 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 +14°C

1,700FT

+1,652 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV48 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT25 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCOM (Coleman Municipal Airport, Coleman, elev 1,697 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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)

FEW017

Few · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,694 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:29ZSUNRISE

18:17ZSOLAR NOON

00:05ZSUNSET

00:29ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:27Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:29Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 35m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:53Z MOONSET01:29Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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