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// KBAB · Beale Air Force Base · Beale Air Force Base

// Station · 17m ago

KBAB

Beale Air Force Base
CAT VFR
WIND 190° / 6 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 27.6°C / 11.6°C
ALTIM 29.99 inHg
ELEV 113 FT
39.1361°N / 121.4370°W
LOCATION · Beale Air Force Base, US
N
WIND
190°6 kt
KBAB · 113 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 17Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
190°/6
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
28 / 12
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.99"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 190°/6 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KBAB 251755Z 19006KT 10SM CLR 28/12 A2999 RMK AO2A SLP158 T02760116 10279 20157 50002 $

KBAB · day 25 at 17:55 UTC · wind from 190° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.99" Hg · sea-level pressure 1015.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 6 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
190°6 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
15★ HDG 150° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 12,001'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
33 HDG 330° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —
Pattern altitude: 1,113 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 +13°C

1,600FT
+1,487 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV113 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT39 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAVX (Catalina Airport, Avalon, elev 1,602 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
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. 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 · 14,052 FT KBAB ELEV · 113 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL14,052 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

13:29ZSUNRISE
20:09ZSOLAR NOON
02:49ZSUNSET
03:16ZCIVIL END
CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 36m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:16Z (9h 04m) DAY LENGTH13h 19m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:35Z MOONSET12:55Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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