// Station · 7m ago
K79J
South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport
CAT LIFR
WIND 110° / 5 kt
VIS 9.0 SM
CEILING OVC at 400 ft
T/Td 22.2°C / 21.7°C
ALTIM 30.00 inHg
ELEV 310 FT
31.3088°N / 86.3938°W
LOCATION · Andalusia/Opp, US
WIND
110°5 kt
K79J · 310 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 10Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
110°/5
VIS
9.0 SM
CEILING
OVC004
LAYERS
OVC004
T / Td
22 / 22
ALTIM
30.00"
// Interpretation
LIFR — ceiling 400 ft. Light winds at 110°/5 kt, visibility 9.0 SM, overcast at 400 ft. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.
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SPECI K79J 271046Z AUTO 11005KT 9SM OVC004 22/22 A3000 RMK AO2 T02220217 TSNO
K79J · day 27 at 10:46 UTC · wind from 110° at 5 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · overcast at 400 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 110° @ 5 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
WIND
110°5 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
1 usable
11★
HDG 110°
H5 kt
X0 kt —
PRIMARY · 6,000'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
1 ends
29
HDG 290°
T5 kt
X0 kt —
—
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 +8°C
1,100FT
+790 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +100 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV310 FT
OAT+22°C
ISA DELTA+8°C
PRESSURE ALT228 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KHUA
(Redstone Army Air Field, Redstone Arsnl Huntsville, elev 684 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+11%
-8%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+8%
-5%
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.
// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
10:44ZSUNRISE
17:44ZSOLAR NOON
00:43ZSUNSET
01:10ZCIVIL END
CURRENT10:53Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 49m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:10Z (14h 17m)
DAY LENGTH13h 58m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83%
MOONRISE19:27Z
MOONSET09:26Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 3 shown · 60 NM radius
KDTS
MVFR
Destin Executive Airport · Destin
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN029
- DIST
- 55 NM S
- AGE
- 7m ago
KHRT
VFR
→
MVFR
19Z
Hurlburt Field · Mary Esther
- WIND
- 350° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN031
- DIST
- 55 NM S
- AGE
- 44m ago
KMGM
LIFR
→
MVFR
14Z
Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) Airport · Montgomery
- WIND
- 080° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN003
- DIST
- 60 NM N
- AGE
- 16m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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