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// KBIV · West Michigan Regional Airport · Holland

// Station · 37m ago

KBIV

West Michigan Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 180° / 6 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 22.8°C / 16.1°C
ALTIM 29.75 inHg
ELEV 698 FT
42.7429°N / 86.1074°W
LOCATION · Holland, US
N
WIND
180°6 kt
KBIV · 698 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 01Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
180°/6
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
23 / 16
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.75"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 180°/6 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 KBIV 130153Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 23/16 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP071 T02280161 $

KBIV · day 13 at 01:53 UTC · wind from 180° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.75" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1007.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 6 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
N
WIND
180°6 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
26★ HDG 260° H1 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,002'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
08 HDG 080° T1 kt X6 kt RIGHT —
Pattern altitude: 1,698 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 +10°C

2,000FT
+1,302 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV698 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT867 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KEKN (Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport, Elkins, elev 1,987 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+20%
-14%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+14%
-9%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+8%
-6%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 12,213 FT KBIV ELEV · 698 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL12,213 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:55ZSUNRISE
17:32ZSOLAR NOON
23:08ZSUNSET
23:37ZCIVIL END
CURRENT02:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:37Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 13m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:18Z MOONSET00:32Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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