KAFW — Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance
Fort Worth, TX · field elevation 723 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KAFW current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KAFW 111153Z 18009KT 10SM FEW250 26/21 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP156 T02610206 10289 20256 53007 $
- Wind
- from 180° at 9 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- few, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 26 °C / dewpoint 21 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,051 ft · pressure altitude 593 ft
- Observed
- 20 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 180° at 9 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 16L | 9 kt head | 2 kt from the right |
| 16R | 9 kt head | 2 kt from the right |
| 34R | 9 kt tail | 2 kt from the left |
| 34L | 9 kt tail | 2 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KAFW 111120Z 1112/1212 18016KT P6SM SCT070
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 32.99031, -97.31943
- Elevation
- 723 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1150Z / 0119Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- 4° (2015)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A1+
- Sectional
- Dallas-Ft Worth
- County
- Tarrant, TX
Airport diagram
Everything else KAFW publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16R/34L | 11,125 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 16L/34R | 11,000 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 126.925
- Tower HELICOPTERS · Continuous (24 hours)
- 120.825
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 135.15
- Ground
- 132.65
- Clearance
- 128.725
- Approach
- 118.1
Published procedures
- 9 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 9 departures published
- 7 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KAFW airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Texas airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.