// Station · 54m ago

KBAD

Barksdale Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 11,000 ft

T/Td 28°C / 24°C

ALTIM 30.04 inHg

ELEV 166 FT

32.5018°N / 93.6627°W

LOCATION · Bossier City, US

WIND

270°4 kt

KBAD · 166 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC110

LAYERS

OVC110

T / Td

28 / 24

ALTIM

30.04"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 11,000 ft. Light winds at 270°/4 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 11,000 ft. 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

SPECI KBAD 251311Z 27004KT 10SM OVC110 28/24 A3004 RMK AO2A RAB25E55 SLP175 $

KBAD · day 25 at 13:11 UTC · wind from 270° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 11,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · sea-level pressure 1017.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

270°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

15 HDG 150° —CALM —— 11,758'

33 HDG 330° —CALM —— 11,758'

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 +13°C

1,600FT

+1,434 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV166 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT42 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KOJA (Thomas P Stafford Airport, Weatherford, elev 1,605 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC110

Overcast · base 11,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING11,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL14,307 ft VFR MARGIN+8,000 ft

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

11:46ZSUNRISE

18:18ZSOLAR NOON

00:50ZSUNSET

01:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 44m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:15Z (11h 09m) DAY LENGTH13h 03m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE21:44Z MOONSET10:48Z FULL MOON IN3 days

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