// Station · 15m ago
K79J
South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 25°C / 23.3°C
ALTIM 30.15 inHg
ELEV 310 FT
31.3088°N / 86.3938°W
LOCATION · Andalusia/Opp, US
WIND
000°0 kt
K79J · 310 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 12Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
25 / 23
ALTIM
30.15"
// 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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METAR K79J 111256Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP206 T02500233 TSNO $
K79J · day 11 at 12:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 25°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1020.6 mb
// 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
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 +10°C
1,300FT
+990 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -500 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV310 FT
OAT+25°C
ISA DELTA+10°C
PRESSURE ALT77 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
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+13%
-9%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+9%
-6%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+5%
-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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
10:50ZSUNRISE
17:52ZSOLAR NOON
00:53ZSUNSET
01:21ZCIVIL END
CURRENT13:11Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 41m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:21Z (12h 09m)
DAY LENGTH14h 03m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE08:12Z
MOONSET22:15Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
K0J4
VFR
Florala Municipal Airport · Florala
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 17 NM S
- AGE
- 13m ago
KEDN
VFR
Enterprise Municipal Airport · Enterprise
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 25 NM E
- AGE
- 16m ago
KCEW
VFR
Bob Sikes Airport · Crestview
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN085
- DIST
- 32 NM S
- AGE
- 18m ago
KGZH
VFR
Evergreen Regional Airport/Middleton Field · Evergreen
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 34 NM W
- AGE
- 18m ago
KPRN
VFR
Mac Crenshaw Memorial Airport · Greenville
- WIND
- 270° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 34 NM N
- AGE
- 11m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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