// Station · 18m ago

KBFM

Mobile Downtown Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 32.2°C / 23.9°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 26 FT

30.6268°N / 88.0681°W

LOCATION · Mobile, US

WIND

140°6 kt

KBFM · 26 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT025

T / Td

32 / 24

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 140°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 2,500 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 KBFM 251753Z 14006KT 10SM SCT025 32/24 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP167 T03220239 10322 20233 58011

KBFM · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 140° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

140°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H6 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 9,618'

18 HDG 180° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT 7,800'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

36 HDG 360° T5 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

32 HDG 320° T6 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,026 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

2,000FT

+1,974 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV26 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT-77 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KUOS (Franklin County Airport, Sewanee, elev 1,953 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

SCT025

Scattered · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL16,289 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:26ZSUNRISE

17:55ZSOLAR NOON

00:25ZSUNSET

00:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 13m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:50Z (6h 38m) DAY LENGTH12h 59m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:32Z MOONSET10:31Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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