// Station · 10m ago

K1R8

Bay Minette Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / —

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 248 FT

30.8703°N / 87.8193°W

LOCATION · Bay Minette, US

WIND

000°0 kt

K1R8 · 248 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW047 SCT055

T / Td

—

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,700 ft, and scattered at 5,500 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR K1R8 290315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW047 SCT055 25/ A3001 RMK AO2

K1R8 · day 29 at 03:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,700 ft · scattered layer at 5,500 ft · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

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 +10°C

1,400FT

+1,152 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV248 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT157 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K8A0 (Albertville Regional Airport/Thomas J Brumlik Field, Albertville, elev 1,032 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-4%

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. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT055

Scattered · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW047

Few · base 4,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,874 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:26ZSUNRISE

17:54ZSOLAR NOON

00:21ZSUNSET

00:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:25Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:46Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 54m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:18Z MOONSET13:12Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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