// Station · 14m ago

KBEH

Southwest Michigan Regional Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 030° / 3 kt

VIS 4.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 500 ft

T/Td 17.2°C / 17.2°C

ALTIM 29.93 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 643 FT

42.1286°N / 86.4285°W

LOCATION · Benton Harbor, US

WIND

030°3 kt

KBEH · 643 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/3

VIS

4.0 SM

CEILING

BKN005

LAYERS

BKN005 BKN012 OVC055

T / Td

17 / 17

ALTIM

29.93"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 500 ft. Light winds at 030°/3 kt, visibility 4.0 SM, broken at 500 ft, broken at 1,200 ft, and overcast at 5,500 ft. Reported weather: mist (BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI KBEH 140606Z AUTO 03003KT 4SM BR BKN005 BKN012 OVC055 17/17 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND S CIG 003V009 T01720172

KBEH · day 14 at 06:06 UTC · wind from 030° at 3 kt · visibility 4.0 SM · broken layer at 500 ft · broken layer at 1,200 ft · overcast at 5,500 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · weather: mist (BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

030°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

10 HDG 100° —CALM —— 6,006'

28 HDG 280° —CALM —— 6,006'

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 3,205'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 3,205'

Pattern altitude: 1,643 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 +3°C

1,000FT

+357 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV643 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT631 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJXN (Jackson County Airport/Reynolds Field, Jackson, elev 1,001 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

OVC055

Overcast · base 5,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN012

Broken · base 1,200 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN005

Broken · base 500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,330 ft VFR MARGIN-2,500 ft

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

11:58ZSUNRISE

17:32ZSOLAR NOON

23:07ZSUNSET

23:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:20Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 47m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:35Z (17h 15m) DAY LENGTH11h 09m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION9% MOONRISE14:18Z MOONSET01:27Z FULL MOON IN12 days

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