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// Station · 3m ago

K79J

South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 20.6°C / 18.9°C
ALTIM 30.06 inHg
ELEV 310 FT
31.3088°N / 86.3938°W
LOCATION · Andalusia/Opp, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
K79J · 310 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 01Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
21 / 19
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.06"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR K79J 130156Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02060189 TSNO

K79J · day 13 at 01:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
11 HDG 110° —CALM —— 6,000'
29 HDG 290° —CALM —— 6,000'
Pattern altitude: 1,310 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 +6°C

900FT
+590 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV310 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT168 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K4A9 (Isbell Field, Fort Payne, elev 877 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+9%
-6%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+6%
-4%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+4%
-3%

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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 10,714 FT K79J ELEV · 310 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL10,714 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:47ZSUNRISE
17:33ZSOLAR NOON
23:18ZSUNSET
23:43ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:59Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:43Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 31m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:10Z MOONSET00:41Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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