// Station · 19m ago

KBIH

Eastern Sierra Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 32.2°C / 1.1°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 4,124 FT

37.3731°N / 118.3640°W

LOCATION · Bishop, US

WIND

250°4 kt

KBIH · 4,124 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

32 / 1

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 250°/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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KBIH 251756Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 32/01 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP162 T03220011 10322 20117 58006

KBIH · day 25 at 17:56 UTC · wind from 250° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 32°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

250°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

6,800FT

+2,676 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,124 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+25°C PRESSURE ALT3,861 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KL35 (Big Bear City Airport, Big Bear, elev 6,752 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+68%

-48%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+48%

-31%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+27%

-20%

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 LEVEL20,387 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

13:19ZSUNRISE

19:57ZSOLAR NOON

02:34ZSUNSET

03:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 18m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:01Z (8h 45m) DAY LENGTH13h 15m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:26Z MOONSET12:41Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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