// Station · 27m ago

KBIS

Bismarck Municipal Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 340° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 1,800 ft

T/Td 6.1°C / 4.4°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 1,661 FT

46.7727°N / 100.7469°W

LOCATION · Bismarck, US

WIND

340°6 kt

KBIS · 1,661 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC018

LAYERS

FEW009 OVC018

T / Td

6 / 4

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,800 ft. Light winds at 340°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 900 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.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI KBIS 130125Z 34006KT 10SM FEW009 OVC018 06/04 A2992 RMK AO2 T00610044 $

KBIS · day 13 at 01:25 UTC · wind from 340° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 900 ft · overcast at 1,800 ft · temp 6°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

340°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

31★ HDG 310° H5 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,794'

03 HDG 030° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT 6,600'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

21 HDG 210° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

13 HDG 130° T5 kt X3 kt LEFT —

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

1,000FT

-661 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,661 FT OAT+6°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT1,658 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBWP (Harry Stern Airport, Wahpeton, elev 968 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

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

FEW009

Few · base 900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

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

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

12:57ZSUNRISE

18:30ZSOLAR NOON

00:03ZSUNSET

00:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:34Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 06m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:20Z MOONSET01:26Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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