// Station · 20m ago

KBEC

Beech Factory Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 11,000 ft

T/Td 30.6°C / 10.2°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 1,408 FT

37.6945°N / 97.2150°W

LOCATION · Wichita, US

WIND

170°7 kt

KBEC · 1,408 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN110

LAYERS

BKN110

T / Td

31 / 10

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 11,000 ft. Light winds at 170°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken 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

METAR KBEC 290055Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM BKN110 31/10 A3002 RMK AO2 T03060102

KBEC · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 170° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 11,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

170°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

19★ HDG 190° H7 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T7 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,408 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 +18°C

3,500FT

+2,092 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,408 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT1,305 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSYF (Cheyenne County Municipal Airport, St Francis, elev 3,413 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+35%

-25%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+25%

-16%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-11%

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)

BKN110

Broken · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING11,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL16,863 ft VFR MARGIN+8,000 ft

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

11:57ZSUNRISE

18:31ZSOLAR NOON

01:06ZSUNSET

01:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:33Z (17m) DAY LENGTH13h 09m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:44Z MOONSET13:53Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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