KFWS — Fort Worth Spinks
Fort Worth, TX · field elevation 700 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KFWS current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KFWS 111146Z 18006KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3005
- Wind
- from 180° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 24 °C / dewpoint 22 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,774 ft · pressure altitude 570 ft
- Observed
- 27 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 180° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 18L | 6 kt head | — |
| 18R | 6 kt head | — |
| 36R | 6 kt tail | — |
| 36L | 6 kt tail | — |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KFWS — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KFWS — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 32.56513, -97.30844
- Elevation
- 700 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 / 0118Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2000
- Magnetic variation
- 3° (2025)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Dallas-Ft Worth
- County
- Tarrant, TX
Airport diagram
Everything else KFWS publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18R/36L | 6,002 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
| 18L/36R | 3,660 | 60 | TURF | — |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 120.025
- Tower 0700-2000
- 124.625
- Ground
- 119.475
- CTAF
- 124.625
- UNICOM
- 122.7
- Approach
- 135.975
Published procedures
- 5 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS)
- 9 departures published
- 7 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KGKY Arlington Muni12 nm
- KNFW Fort Worth NAS Jrb (Carswell Fld)14 nm
- KCPT Cleburne Rgnl14 nm
- KGPM Grand Prairie Muni15 nm
- KFTW Fort Worth Meacham Intl16 nm
- KJWY Mid-Way Rgnl21 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KFWS 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.