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// KBFR · Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport · Bedford

// Station · 11m ago

KBFR

Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 180° / 6 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 21°C / 16°C
ALTIM 29.94 inHg
ELEV 727 FT
38.8400°N / 86.4454°W
LOCATION · Bedford, US
N
WIND
180°6 kt
KBFR · 727 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 02Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
180°/6
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
21 / 16
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.94"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 180°/6 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 KBFR 130215Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A2994 RMK AO2

KBFR · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · wind from 180° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 6 kt
2 USABLE · 2 AVOID
N
WIND
180°6 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable
13★ HDG 130° H4 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,501'
24 HDG 240° H3 kt X5 kt LEFT 3,089'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends
06 HDG 060° T3 kt X5 kt RIGHT —
31 HDG 310° T4 kt X5 kt LEFT —
Pattern altitude: 1,727 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 +7°C

1,600FT
+873 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +800 FT
3,100 1,600 100
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV727 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT704 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRID (Richmond Municipal Airport, Richmond, elev 1,140 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+16%
-11%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+11%
-7%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+6%
-5%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 11,333 FT KBFR ELEV · 727 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL11,333 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:53ZSUNRISE
17:33ZSOLAR NOON
23:13ZSUNSET
23:40ZCIVIL END
CURRENT02:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:40Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 20m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:16Z MOONSET00:37Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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