// Station · 42m ago
K1R8
Bay Minette Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND VRB / 4 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 27°C / —
ALTIM 30.06 inHg
ELEV 248 FT
30.8703°N / 87.8193°W
LOCATION · Bay Minette, US
WIND
VRB4 kt
K1R8 · 248 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
VRB/4
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
—
ALTIM
30.06"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at variable/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR K1R8 150020Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 27/ A3006 RMK AO2
K1R8 · day 15 at 00:20 UTC · wind variable at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · altimeter 30.06" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind VRB @ 4 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
VRB4 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
08
HDG 080°
—CALM
——
5,500'
26
HDG 260°
—CALM
——
5,500'
Pattern altitude: 1,248 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL).
Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying.
// On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.
// Density altitude · ISA +12°C
1,600FT
+1,352 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +300 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV248 FT
OAT+27°C
ISA DELTA+12°C
PRESSURE ALT106 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KJZP
(Pickens County Airport, Jasper, elev 1,535 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+16%
-11%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+11%
-7%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+6%
-5%
Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
10:58ZSUNRISE
17:58ZSOLAR NOON
00:57ZSUNSET
01:24ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:02Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:24Z (21m)
DAY LENGTH13h 58m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE11:11Z
MOONSET01:09Z
FULL MOON IN15 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KBFM
VFR
Mobile Downtown Airport · Mobile
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 19 NM SW
- AGE
- 9m ago
KMOB
VFR
Mobile Regional Airport · Mobile
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN140
- DIST
- 24 NM SW
- AGE
- 6m ago
KNBJ
VFR
Naval Outlying Field Barin · Foley
- WIND
- 240° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 30 NM S
- AGE
- 1h 8m ago
KNPA
VFR
Naval Air Station Pensacola Forrest Sherman Field · Pensacola
- WIND
- 230° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN190
- DIST
- 40 NM SE
- AGE
- 6m ago
KPNS
VFR
Pensacola International Airport · Pensacola
- WIND
- 230° / 7 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 40 NM SE
- AGE
- 9m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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