// Station · 20m ago

KTPA

Tampa International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 25,000 ft

T/Td 31.1°C / 25°C

ALTIM 30.04 inHg

ELEV 26 FT

27.9755°N / 82.5332°W

LOCATION · Tampa, US

WIND

250°7 kt

KTPA · 26 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN250

LAYERS

FEW035 SCT065 BKN250

T / Td

31 / 25

ALTIM

30.04"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 25,000 ft. Light winds at 250°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 3,500 ft, scattered at 6,500 ft, and broken 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 251753Z 25007KT 10SM FEW035 SCT065 BKN250 31/25 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 OCNL LTGIC DSNT N-E CB DSNT N-E T03110250 10311 20272 58016 $

KTPA · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 250° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,500 ft · scattered layer at 6,500 ft · broken layer at 25,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 7 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

250°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

28★ HDG 280° H6 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,999'

19L HDG 190° H4 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 86%

19R HDG 190° H4 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 86%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

01R HDG 010° T4 kt X6 kt LEFT —

01L HDG 010° T4 kt X6 kt LEFT —

10 HDG 100° T6 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

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 +16°C

1,800FT

+1,774 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV26 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT-98 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KDZJ (Blairsville Airport, Blairsville, elev 1,911 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN250

Broken · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT065

Scattered · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW035

Few · base 3,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING25,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL15,733 ft VFR MARGIN+22,000 ft

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

11:06ZSUNRISE

17:33ZSOLAR NOON

00:00ZSUNSET

00:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 47m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:24Z (6h 11m) DAY LENGTH12h 53m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:13Z MOONSET10:07Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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