// Station · 21m ago

KBKW

Raleigh County Memorial Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 23.3°C / 11.1°C

ALTIM 30.17 inHg

ELEV 2,504 FT

37.7873°N / 81.1242°W

LOCATION · Beaver, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KBKW · 2,504 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

23 / 11

ALTIM

30.17"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/3 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 KBKW 251751Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 23/11 A3017 RMK AO1 SLP193 T02330111 10239 20128 58010 $

KBKW · day 25 at 17:51 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.17" Hg · automated station (no precipitation discriminator) · sea-level pressure 1019.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 6,750'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 6,750'

10 HDG 100° —CALM —— 5,001'

28 HDG 280° —CALM —— 5,001'

Pattern altitude: 3,504 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

3,800FT

+1,296 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,504 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT2,250 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHSP (Ingalls Field, Hot Springs, elev 3,793 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+38%

-27%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+27%

-17%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+15%

-11%

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 LEVEL14,272 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

10:49ZSUNRISE

17:28ZSOLAR NOON

00:06ZSUNSET

00:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 53m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:33Z (6h 20m) DAY LENGTH13h 16m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:56Z MOONSET10:12Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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