// Station · 23m ago

KBEC

Beech Factory Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 11 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23.2°C / 19°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

ELEV 1,408 FT

37.6945°N / 97.2150°W

LOCATION · Wichita, US

WIND

190°11 kt

KBEC · 1,408 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 07Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/11

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT120

T / Td

23 / 19

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 190°/11 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 12,000 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 130755Z AUTO 19011KT 10SM SCT120 23/19 A2989 RMK AO2 T02320190

KBEC · day 13 at 07:55 UTC · wind from 190° at 11 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 12,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 11 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

190°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

19★ HDG 190° H11 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 8,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T11 kt X0 kt — —

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 +11°C

2,800FT

+1,392 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,408 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT1,435 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLBL (Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport, Liberal, elev 2,885 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+28%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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)

SCT120

Scattered · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,125 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:36ZSUNRISE

18:16ZSOLAR NOON

23:56ZSUNSET

00:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT08:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:22Z (16h 03m) DAY LENGTH11h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE14:11Z MOONSET01:31Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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