// Station · 19m ago

KBIL

Billings Logan International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 9,500 ft

T/Td 21.1°C / 8.9°C

ALTIM 30.29 inHg

ELEV 3,652 FT

45.8089°N / 108.5412°W

LOCATION · Billings, US

WIND

030°6 kt

KBIL · 3,652 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN095

LAYERS

BKN095 BKN140

T / Td

21 / 9

ALTIM

30.29"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 9,500 ft. Light winds at 030°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 9,500 ft, and broken at 14,000 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 KBIL 251753Z 03006KT 10SM BKN095 BKN140 21/09 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP232 VIRGA SE-SW T02110089 10217 20139 58006

KBIL · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 030° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 9,500 ft · broken layer at 14,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.29" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1023.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 6 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

030°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

07★ HDG 070° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,501'

10L HDG 100° H2 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

10R HDG 100° H2 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

28R HDG 280° T2 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

28L HDG 280° T2 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

25 HDG 250° T5 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 4,652 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 +13°C

4,800FT

+1,148 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,652 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT3,280 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K7S1 (Ruby Valley Field, Twin Bridges, elev 4,777 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+48%

-34%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+34%

-22%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+19%

-14%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN140

Broken · base 14,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN095

Broken · base 9,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING9,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER14,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,309 ft VFR MARGIN+6,500 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:27ZSUNRISE

19:17ZSOLAR NOON

02:07ZSUNSET

02:39ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:39Z (8h 26m) DAY LENGTH13h 39m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:34Z MOONSET12:13Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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