// Station · 22m ago

KTPA

Tampa International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 230° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30.6°C / 24.4°C

ALTIM 30.16 inHg

ELEV 26 FT

27.9755°N / 82.5332°W

LOCATION · Tampa, US

WIND

230°7 kt

KTPA · 26 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT032 SCT250

T / Td

31 / 24

ALTIM

30.16"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 230°/7 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 3,200 ft, and scattered at 25,000 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 KTPA 111553Z COR 23007KT 10SM SCT032 SCT250 31/24 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP211 P0000 T03060244 $

KTPA · day 11 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 230° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 3,200 ft · scattered layer at 25,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.16" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1021.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 7 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

230°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

19L★ HDG 190° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,300'

19R HDG 190° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT 11,002'

28 HDG 280° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT 6,999'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

10 HDG 100° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

01R HDG 010° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

01L HDG 010° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,026 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

1,600FT

+1,574 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV26 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT-216 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJZP (Pickens County Airport, Jasper, elev 1,535 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT250

Scattered · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT032

Scattered · base 3,200 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,481 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

10:42ZSUNRISE

17:36ZSOLAR NOON

00:30ZSUNSET

00:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:57Z (8h 41m) DAY LENGTH13h 47m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE08:10Z MOONSET21:58Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KTPF

VFR

Peter O Knight Airport · Tampa

WIND: 200° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 6 NM SE
AGE: 20m ago

KMCF

VFR

MacDill Air Force Base · Tampa

WIND: 140° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 8 NM S
AGE: 1h 20m ago

KVDF

VFR

Tampa Executive Airport · Tampa

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 10 NM E
AGE: 20m ago

KCLW

VFR

Clearwater Air Park · Clearwater

WIND: 250° / 3 kt
VIS: —
CEILING: BKN034
DIST: 12 NM W
AGE: 20m ago

KSPG

VFR

Albert Whitted Airport · St Petersburg

WIND: 110° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 14 NM S
AGE: 22m ago

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