// Station · 7m ago

KBIS

Bismarck Municipal Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 290° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,200 ft

T/Td 6.1°C / 4.4°C

ALTIM 29.95 inHg

ELEV 1,661 FT

46.7727°N / 100.7469°W

LOCATION · Bismarck, US

WIND

290°8 kt

KBIS · 1,661 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN012

LAYERS

BKN012 OVC018

T / Td

6 / 4

ALTIM

29.95"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,200 ft. Moderate winds at 290°/8 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 1,200 ft, and overcast at 1,800 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

Loading TAF forecast narrative…

SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)

// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →

// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI KBIS 130219Z 29008KT 10SM BKN012 OVC018 06/04 A2995 RMK AO2 T00610044 $

KBIS · day 13 at 02:19 UTC · wind from 290° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 1,200 ft · overcast at 1,800 ft · temp 6°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.95" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

290°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

31★ HDG 310° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,794'

21 HDG 210° H1 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

03 HDG 030° T1 kt X8 kt LEFT —

13 HDG 130° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,661 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 -6°C

900FT

-761 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,661 FT OAT+6°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT1,629 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KFAR (Hector International Airport, Fargo, elev 902 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

OVC018

Overcast · base 1,800 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN012

Broken · base 1,200 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL4,742 ft VFR MARGIN-1,800 ft

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

12:57ZSUNRISE

18:30ZSOLAR NOON

00:03ZSUNSET

00:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:34Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 06m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:21Z MOONSET01:27Z FULL MOON IN13 days

// Nearest reporting stations

Loading nearest reporting stations…

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

AIRSPACE

// Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.

Get METAR Deck →