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// Station · 6m ago

KBAK

Columbus Municipal Airport
CAT MVFR
WIND CALM
VIS 7.0 SM
CEILING OVC at 1,500 ft
T/Td 19°C / 19°C
ALTIM 29.96 inHg
ELEV 656 FT
39.2624°N / 85.8956°W
LOCATION · Columbus, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KBAK · 656 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 10Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
7.0 SM
 
 
 
CEILING
OVC015
 
 
 
LAYERS
OVC015
 
 
 
T / Td
19 / 19
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.96"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,500 ft. Winds calm, visibility 7.0 SM, overcast at 1,500 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

METAR KBAK 271045Z 00000KT 7SM OVC015 19/19 A2996

KBAK · day 27 at 10:45 UTC · winds calm · visibility 7.0 SM · overcast at 1,500 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
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 +5°C

1,200FT
+544 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +300 FT
1,900 1,300 700
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV656 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT615 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMIE (Delaware County Johnson Field, Muncie, elev 937 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 10,252 FT OVC015 · CEILING KBAK ELEV · 656 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC015
Overcast · base 1,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas
// Computed
CEILING1,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,252 ft VFR MARGIN-1,500 ft

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

10:22ZSUNRISE
17:42ZSOLAR NOON
01:01ZSUNSET
01:32ZCIVIL END
CURRENT10:51Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 09m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:32Z (14h 40m) DAY LENGTH14h 38m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE19:05Z MOONSET09:44Z FULL MOON IN4 days

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

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