// Station · 17m ago

KBFL

Meadows Field

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 31.1°C / 8.9°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 510 FT

35.4336°N / 119.0570°W

LOCATION · Bakersfield, US

WIND

280°5 kt

KBFL · 510 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

31 / 9

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 280°/5 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 KBFL 251754Z 28005KT 10SM CLR 31/09 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP154 T03110089 10311 20239 58001

KBFL · day 25 at 17:54 UTC · wind from 280° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 31°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

280°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

30R★ HDG 300° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,849'

30L HDG 300° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT 7,700'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

12L HDG 120° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

12R HDG 120° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,510 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 +17°C

2,500FT

+1,990 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV510 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT419 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K1O5 (Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field, Montague, elev 2,527 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL16,217 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

13:24ZSUNRISE

19:59ZSOLAR NOON

02:34ZSUNSET

03:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 23m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:01Z (8h 49m) DAY LENGTH13h 10m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:31Z MOONSET12:41Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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