KNFW — Fort Worth NAS Jrb (Carswell Fld)
Fort Worth, TX · field elevation 650 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KNFW current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KNFW 111152Z 17004KT 10SM FEW250 26/22 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02560217 10289 20256 53008 $
- Wind
- from 170° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- few, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 26 °C / dewpoint 22 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,902 ft · pressure altitude 520 ft
- Observed
- 21 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 170° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 4 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 36 | 4 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
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 KNFW 110700Z 1107/1207 17010KT 9999 SCT070 QNH2998INS BECMG 1116/1118 18012G20KT 9999 SCT030 BKN070 QNH2985INS BECMG 1201/1203 16012KT 9999 SCT020 BKN070 QHN2990INS AUTOMATED SENSOR METWATCH 1107 TIL 1111 TX37/1119Z TN26/1112Z FN00324
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 32.76919, -97.44153
- Elevation
- 650 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
- 1151Z / 0119Z
- Tower hours
- 1300-0500Z++ MON-FRI; 1500-2300Z++ SAT & SUN, OT BY NOTAM.
- Magnetic variation
- 4° (2015)
- Sectional
- Dallas-Ft Worth
- County
- Tarrant, TX
Airport diagram
Everything else KNFW publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 11,999 | 200 | CONC | HIGH |
| 176/356 | 3,996 | 60 | CONC | — |
Frequencies
- Tower 1300-0500Z++ MON-FRI; 1500-2300Z++ SAT & SUN, OT BY NOTAM.
- 120.95
- Ground
- 121.675
- Clearance
- 126.4
- Approach
- 125.8
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — LD, LG
- 9 departures published
- 7 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KGPM Grand Prairie Muni20 nm
- KDFW Dallas-Fort Worth Intl22 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KNFW 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.