// Station · 9m ago
KBIH
Eastern Sierra Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 050° / 4 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 32.2°C / -1.1°C
ALTIM 30.03 inHg
ELEV 4,124 FT
37.3731°N / 118.3640°W
LOCATION · Bishop, US
WIND
050°4 kt
KBIH · 4,124 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 16Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
050°/4
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
32 / -1
ALTIM
30.03"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at 050°/4 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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METAR KBIH 111656Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 32/M01 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP108 T03221011
KBIH · day 11 at 16:56 UTC · wind from 050° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 32°C / dewpoint -1°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.8 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 050° @ 4 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
050°4 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
6 ends
12
HDG 120°
—CALM
——
7,498'
30
HDG 300°
—CALM
——
7,498'
17
HDG 170°
—CALM
——
5,600'
35
HDG 350°
—CALM
——
5,600'
08
HDG 080°
—CALM
——
5,567'
26
HDG 260°
—CALM
——
5,567'
Pattern altitude: 5,124 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 +25°C
7,000FT
+2,876 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
FIELD ELEV4,124 FT
OAT+32°C
ISA DELTA+25°C
PRESSURE ALT4,012 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KMMH
(Mammoth Yosemite Airport, Mammoth Lakes, elev 7,135 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
DANGEROUS
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+70%
-49%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+49%
-32%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+28%
-21%
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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)
12:43ZSUNRISE
20:00ZSOLAR NOON
03:17ZSUNSET
03:47ZCIVIL END
CURRENT17:05Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 11m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:47Z (10h 42m)
DAY LENGTH14h 33m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION10%
MOONRISE10:12Z
MOONSET00:46Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)
KMMH
VFR
Mammoth Yosemite Airport · Mammoth Lakes
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 27 NM NW
- AGE
- 10m ago
KO26
VFR
Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport · Lone Pine
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 49 NM S
- AGE
- 10m ago
KO32
VFR
Reedley Municipal Airport · Reedley
- WIND
- 140° / 7 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 67 NM SW
- AGE
- 10m ago
KHTH
VFR
Hawthorne Industrial Airport · Hawthorne
- WIND
- 050° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 71 NM N
- AGE
- 10m ago
KTPH
VFR
Tonopah Airport · Tonopah
- WIND
- 150° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 73 NM NE
- AGE
- 9m ago
// Area map · 80 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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