// Station · 8m ago
KTIW
Tacoma Narrows Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 9.4°C / 8.3°C
ALTIM 29.97 inHg
ELEV 294 FT
47.2674°N / 122.5773°W
LOCATION · Tacoma, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KTIW · 294 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 12Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
9 / 8
ALTIM
29.97"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. 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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METAR KTIW 271253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP147 T00940083
KTIW · day 27 at 12:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 9°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.7 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
17
HDG 170°
—CALM
——
5,002'
35
HDG 350°
—CALM
——
5,002'
Pattern altitude: 1,294 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 -5°C
-400FT
-694 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -100 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV294 FT
OAT+9°C
ISA DELTA-5°C
PRESSURE ALT241 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at 7WA5
(Stuart Island Airpark, Friday Harbor, elev 10 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+0%
-0%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+0%
-0%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+0%
-0%
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-8)
12:23ZSUNRISE
20:08ZSOLAR NOON
03:54ZSUNSET
04:33ZCIVIL END
CURRENT13:01Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 53m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:33Z (15h 31m)
DAY LENGTH15h 31m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83%
MOONRISE21:10Z
MOONSET12:41Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KTCM
VFR
McChord Air Force Base · Tacoma
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT032
- DIST
- 9 NM SE
- AGE
- 1h 6m ago
KGRF
VFR
Gray Army Air Field · Fort Lewis/Tacoma
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 11 NM S
- AGE
- 1h 6m ago
KSEA
VFR
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · Seattle
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW060
- DIST
- 15 NM NE
- AGE
- 8m ago
KPWT
VFR
Bremerton National Airport · Bremerton
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 15 NM NW
- AGE
- 5m ago
KBFI
VFR
King County International Airport - Boeing Field · Seattle
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT200
- DIST
- 19 NM NE
- AGE
- 8m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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