// Station · 25m ago

KBHM

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 33.3°C / 18.3°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 650 FT

33.5629°N / 86.7507°W

LOCATION · Birmingham, US

WIND

VRB4 kt

KBHM · 650 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 21Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT060

T / Td

33 / 18

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 6,000 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 KBHM 252153Z VRB04KT 10SM SCT060 33/18 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP157 T03330183

KBHM · day 25 at 21:53 UTC · wind variable at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 6,000 ft · temp 33°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 12,007'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 12,007'

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 7,099'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 7,099'

Pattern altitude: 1,650 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 +19°C

2,900FT

+2,250 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV650 FT OAT+33°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT547 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K24A (Jackson County Airport, Sylva, elev 2,857 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+29%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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)

SCT060

Scattered · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL17,468 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:17ZSUNRISE

17:50ZSOLAR NOON

00:23ZSUNSET

00:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 05m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:49Z (2h 31m) DAY LENGTH13h 05m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE21:32Z MOONSET10:38Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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