// Station · 10m ago

KBAD

Barksdale Air Force Base

CAT MVFR

WIND 120° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,100 ft

T/Td 23°C / 21°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 166 FT

32.5018°N / 93.6627°W

LOCATION · Bossier City, US

WIND

120°7 kt

KBAD · 166 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN011

LAYERS

FEW006 BKN011

T / Td

23 / 21

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,100 ft. Light winds at 120°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 600 ft, and broken at 1,100 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI KBAD 271141Z AUTO 12007KT 10SM FEW006 BKN011 23/21 A2985 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S-SW SLP111 $

KBAD · day 27 at 11:41 UTC · wind from 120° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 600 ft · broken layer at 1,100 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

120°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

15★ HDG 150° H6 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 11,758'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

33 HDG 330° T6 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,166 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

1,200FT

+1,034 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV166 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT234 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KFYV (Drake Field, Fayetteville, elev 1,251 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN011

Broken · base 1,100 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW006

Few · base 600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,100 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL11,782 ft VFR MARGIN-1,900 ft

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

11:11ZSUNRISE

18:13ZSOLAR NOON

01:15ZSUNSET

01:43ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:51Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:43Z (13h 51m) DAY LENGTH14h 03m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE19:56Z MOONSET10:00Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

KSHV

IFR → MVFR 12Z

Shreveport Regional Airport · Shreveport

WIND: 080° / 4 kt
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: BKN009
DIST: 9 NM W
AGE: 55m ago

KGGG

LIFR → VFR 17Z

East Texas Regional Airport · Longview

WIND: 090° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC004
DIST: 54 NM W
AGE: 11m ago

KTXK

VFR → MVFR 13Z

Texarkana Regional Airport (Webb Field) · Texarkana

WIND: 110° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 59 NM N
AGE: 58m ago

KELD

VFR → MVFR 14Z

South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field · El Dorado

WIND: 120° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 61 NM NE
AGE: 58m ago

KMLU

MVFR → VFR 03Z

Monroe Regional Airport · Monroe

WIND: VRB / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN010
DIST: 82 NM E
AGE: 17m ago

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