// Station · 14m ago

KBCE

Bryce Canyon Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 13 kt G18

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,800 ft

T/Td 6.1°C / 3.3°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 7,590 FT

37.7064°N / 112.1450°W

LOCATION · Bryce Canyon, US

WIND

210°13 kt

KBCE · 7,590 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/13G18

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN038

LAYERS

SCT031 BKN038 OVC075

T / Td

6 / 3

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,800 ft. Brisk winds at 210°/13 kt, gusting 18, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 3,100 ft, broken at 3,800 ft, and overcast at 7,500 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

METAR KBCE 130053Z AUTO 21013G18KT 10SM SCT031 BKN038 OVC075 06/03 A2994 RMK AO2 RAE08 SLP076 P0000 T00610033

KBCE · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 210° at 13 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 3,100 ft · broken layer at 3,800 ft · overcast at 7,500 ft · temp 6°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 13 ktG18

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

210°13G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

21★ HDG 210° H13 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 7,395'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

03 HDG 030° T13 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 8,590 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 +6°C

8,300FT

+710 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV7,590 FT OAT+6°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT7,567 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KC08 (Silver West Airport, Westcliffe, elev 8,290 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+83%

-58%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+58%

-37%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+33%

-25%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC075

Overcast · base 7,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN038

Broken · base 3,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT031

Scattered · base 3,100 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,671 ft VFR MARGIN+800 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

13:35ZSUNRISE

19:16ZSOLAR NOON

00:57ZSUNSET

01:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:23Z (15m) DAY LENGTH11h 22m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:56Z MOONSET02:18Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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