// Station · 30m ago

KBKX

Brookings Regional Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 300° / 12 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,200 ft

T/Td 10°C / 7.8°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 1,648 FT

44.3048°N / 96.8169°W

LOCATION · Brookings, US

WIND

300°12 kt

KBKX · 1,648 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/12

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN012

LAYERS

BKN012 BKN018 OVC026

T / Td

10 / 8

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,200 ft. Moderate winds at 300°/12 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 1,200 ft, broken at 1,800 ft, and overcast at 2,600 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

METAR KBKX 130156Z AUTO 30012KT 10SM BKN012 BKN018 OVC026 10/08 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP123 T01000078

KBKX · day 13 at 01:56 UTC · wind from 300° at 12 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 1,200 ft · broken layer at 1,800 ft · overcast at 2,600 ft · temp 10°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 12 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

300°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

30★ HDG 300° H12 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 6,000'

35 HDG 350° H8 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 75%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

17 HDG 170° T8 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

12 HDG 120° T12 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 2,648 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 -2°C

1,500FT

-148 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,648 FT OAT+10°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT1,716 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAGZ (Wagner Municipal Airport, Wagner, elev 1,475 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC026

Overcast · base 2,600 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN018

Broken · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN012

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

// Computed

CEILING1,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,699 ft VFR MARGIN-1,800 ft

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

12:39ZSUNRISE

18:14ZSOLAR NOON

23:50ZSUNSET

00:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:19Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 10m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:03Z MOONSET01:14Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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