// Station · 28m ago

KBAK

Columbus Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 100° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 24°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.13 inHg

ELEV 656 FT

39.2624°N / 85.8956°W

LOCATION · Columbus, US

WIND

100°3 kt

KBAK · 656 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

100°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 12

ALTIM

30.13"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 100°/3 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 KBAK 251745Z 10003KT 10SM CLR 24/12 A3013

KBAK · day 25 at 17:45 UTC · wind from 100° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

100°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 6,401'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 6,401'

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 5,000'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 5,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,656 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

1,600FT

+944 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV656 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT444 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRID (Richmond Municipal Airport, Richmond, elev 1,140 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL12,777 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:07ZSUNRISE

17:47ZSOLAR NOON

00:27ZSUNSET

00:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 13m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:55Z (6h 41m) DAY LENGTH13h 20m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:13Z MOONSET10:33Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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