// Station · 16m ago
KBAB
Beale Air Force Base
CAT VFR
WIND 090° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 13.2°C / 8.3°C
ALTIM 29.74 inHg
ELEV 113 FT
39.1361°N / 121.4370°W
LOCATION · Beale Air Force Base, US
WIND
090°5 kt
KBAB · 113 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 13Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
090°/5
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
—
LAYERS
SCT080
T / Td
13 / 8
ALTIM
29.74"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at 090°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 8,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR KBAB 271355Z 09005KT 10SM SCT080 13/08 A2974 RMK AO2A SLP074 T01320083 $
KBAB · day 27 at 13:55 UTC · wind from 090° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 8,000 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.74" Hg · sea-level pressure 1007.4 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 090° @ 5 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
WIND
090°5 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
1 usable
15★
HDG 150°
H3 kt
X4 kt LEFT
PRIMARY · 12,001'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
1 ends
33
HDG 330°
T3 kt
X4 kt RIGHT
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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 -1°C
100FT
-13 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -200 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV113 FT
OAT+13°C
ISA DELTA-1°C
PRESSURE ALT290 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KMHR
(Sacramento Mather Airport, Sacramento, elev 98 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+1%
-1%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+1%
-0%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+0%
-0%
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-8)
12:45ZSUNRISE
20:04ZSOLAR NOON
03:23ZSUNSET
03:54ZCIVIL END
CURRENT14:11Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 11m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:54Z (13h 43m)
DAY LENGTH14h 37m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION84%
MOONRISE21:34Z
MOONSET12:12Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KMYV
VFR
Yuba County Airport · Marysville
- WIND
- 100° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 7 NM W
- AGE
- 18m ago
KSMF
VFR
Sacramento International Airport · Sacramento
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT120
- DIST
- 27 NM S
- AGE
- 18m ago
KMCC
VFR
McClellan Airfield · Sacramento
- WIND
- 120° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- SCT100
- DIST
- 28 NM S
- AGE
- 16m ago
KMHR
VFR
Sacramento Mather Airport · Sacramento
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 9.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 36 NM S
- AGE
- 16m ago
KSAC
VFR
Sacramento Executive Airport · Sacramento
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 38 NM S
- AGE
- 18m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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