// 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
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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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
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
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
// 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)
KIND
LIFR
→
MVFR
14Z
Indianapolis International Airport · Indianapolis
- WIND
- 040° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 4.0 SM
- CEILING
- BKN004
- DIST
- 33 NM NW
- AGE
- 21m ago
KBMG
IFR
→
MVFR
12Z
Monroe County Airport · Bloomington
- WIND
- 140° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 7.0 SM
- CEILING
- OVC005
- DIST
- 34 NM W
- AGE
- 58m ago
KCVG
MVFR
→
IFR
12Z
Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · Cincinnati / Covington
- WIND
- 180° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 3.0 SM
- CEILING
- OVC012
- DIST
- 59 NM E
- AGE
- 32m ago
KLOU
VFR
Bowman Field · Louisville
- WIND
- 140° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 6.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 63 NM S
- AGE
- 51m ago
KMIE
MVFR
Delaware County Johnson Field · Muncie
- WIND
- 130° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 4.0 SM
- CEILING
- OVC065
- DIST
- 63 NM N
- AGE
- 29m ago
// Area map · 80 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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