// Station · 33m ago

KTUS

Tucson International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23.3°C / 12.8°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 2,643 FT

32.1150°N / 110.9381°W

LOCATION · Tucson, US

WIND

270°4 kt

KTUS · 2,643 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT095

T / Td

23 / 13

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 9,500 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 KTUS 130153Z 27004KT 10SM SCT095 23/13 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP103 T02330128

KTUS · day 13 at 01:53 UTC · wind from 270° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 9,500 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

270°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 10,996'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 10,996'

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 7,000'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 7,000'

Pattern altitude: 3,643 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 +13°C

4,200FT

+1,557 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,643 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT2,620 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KP33 (Cochise County Airport, Willcox, elev 4,187 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+42%

-29%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+29%

-19%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+17%

-13%

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)

SCT095

Scattered · base 9,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER9,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,411 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:26ZSUNRISE

19:11ZSOLAR NOON

00:56ZSUNSET

01:21ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:21Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 30m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:49Z MOONSET02:20Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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