Weather intelligence

Instead of a guessed weather cancellation rate, FlightPath sets it hour by hour from the TAF, the National Weather Service forecast, and 3 years of this airport's own observations, then applies each student's minimums and each aircraft's limits. Change the home airport at the top of the page to see any US field.

Right now

VFR17G29 kt

METAR KHOU 170153Z 36014G29KT 10SM BKN250 19/04 A3029 RMK AO2 PK WND 01029/0147 SLP260 T01940044

Private dual, next 7 days

10%

Average weather cancellation, 7 AM to 7 PM

Private solo, next 7 days

27%

Average weather cancellation, 7 AM to 7 PM

Instrument, next 7 days

Average weather cancellation, 7 AM to 7 PM

Cancellation odds by hour: private solo

Minimums: ceiling 3,000 ft, visibility 5 sm, wind 15 kt, gusts 20 kt, crosswind 8 kt. Hover a cell for the reason.

	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Sat, Oct 17	88	88	90	90	90	90	51

Best windows to book this week

Lowest cancellation odds for private solo lessons

Mon, Oct 19, 7 AM4%
Mon, Oct 19, 8 AM5%
Sun, Oct 18, 10 AM5%
Sun, Oct 18, 7 PM6%
Sun, Oct 18, 11 AM7%

Windows to avoid

Highest cancellation odds, with the driver

Sat, Oct 17, 11 AM90%
Crosswind 13 kt (limit 8)
Sat, Oct 17, 12 PM90%
Crosswind 13 kt (limit 8)
Sat, Oct 17, 10 AM90%
Crosswind 13 kt (limit 8)
Sat, Oct 17, 9 AM90%
Crosswind 13 kt (limit 8)
Sat, Oct 17, 8 AM88%
Crosswind 13 kt (limit 8)

What this airport usually does in these weeks

Share of hours below private solo minimums, from 3 years of hourly METARs at KHOU, Oct 16, 2026 through the next four weeks.

Training minimums used

Demo school SOP. Each school loads its own once; aircraft limits (crosswind, temperature, IFR equipment) come from the fleet profile.

Phase	Ceiling	Visibility	Wind / gust	Crosswind	Notes
Private dual	1,500 ft	3 sm	20 / 25 kt	12 kt	Dual VFR lessons, pre-solo and private
Private solo	3,000 ft	5 sm	15 / 20 kt	8 kt	Student solo and solo cross-country
Instrument	400 ft	1 sm	25 / 30 kt	15 kt	Dual IFR; no thunderstorms or icing (no FIKI trainers)
Commercial	2,000 ft	5 sm	25 / 30 kt	15 kt	Commercial maneuvers and cross-country

Raw TAF and sources

TAF KHOU 162330Z 1700/1724 36017G29KT P6SM SCT250 FM171000 01013G23KT P6SM SCT250 FM171800 01013KT P6SM SCT250

Runways used for crosswind: 04/22, 13L/31R, 13R/31L. Sources: aviationweather.gov (TAF, METAR, airport data), api.weather.gov (NWS gridded forecast), Iowa Environmental Mesonet ASOS archive (climatology). Ceilings beyond the TAF are estimated from NWS sky cover and the temperature/dewpoint spread.