KFWS — Fort Worth Spinks
Fort Worth, TX · field elevation 700 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KFWS current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KFWS 100215Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM OVC034 17/16 A3022 RMK AO2 T01710162 $
- Wind
- from 240° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 3,400 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 17 °C / dewpoint 16 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Density altitude
- 744 ft · pressure altitude 400 ft
- Observed
- 23 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 240° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 18L | 3 kt head | 5 kt from the right |
| 18R | 3 kt head | 5 kt from the right |
| 36R | 3 kt tail | 5 kt from the left |
| 36L | 3 kt tail | 5 kt from the left |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
5 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 17,000–29,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
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
- 1255Z / 2331Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2000
- Magnetic variation
- 3°E (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
- 4 approaches — ILS, LOC, 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.