// Station · 20m ago

KBKS

Brooks County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 10 kt G17

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 31.7°C / 21.3°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 113 FT

27.2068°N / 98.1212°W

LOCATION · Falfurrias, US

WIND

120°10 kt

KBKS · 113 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/10G17

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

32 / 21

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 120°/10 kt, gusting 17. 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 KBKS 290055Z AUTO 12010G17KT 10SM CLR 32/21 A2994 RMK AO2 T03170213 $

KBKS · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 120° at 10 kt, gusts to 17 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 32°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 10 ktG17

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

120°10G17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H9 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,018'

17 HDG 170° H6 kt X8 kt LEFT 6,006'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35 HDG 350° T6 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

32 HDG 320° T9 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,113 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 +17°C

2,100FT

+1,987 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV113 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT90 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KSOA (Sonora Municipal Airport, Sonora, elev 2,140 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL16,123 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:11ZSUNRISE

18:35ZSOLAR NOON

00:59ZSUNSET

01:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:22Z (7m) DAY LENGTH12h 47m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:58Z MOONSET13:46Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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