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// KBLF · Mercer County Airport · Bluefield

// Station · 9m ago

KBLF

Mercer County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 340° / 4 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 20°C / 11.7°C
ALTIM 30.20 inHg
ELEV 2,857 FT
37.2958°N / 81.2077°W
LOCATION · Bluefield, US
N
WIND
340°4 kt
KBLF · 2,857 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 16Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
340°/4
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
20 / 12
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.20"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 340°/4 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 KBLF 251652Z AUTO 34004KT 10SM CLR 20/12 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP204 T02000117

KBLF · day 25 at 16:52 UTC · wind from 340° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 20°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.20" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1020.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 4 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
340°4 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 4,743'
23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 4,743'
Pattern altitude: 3,857 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

3,800FT
+943 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV2,857 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT2,574 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 MINOR
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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 12,958 FT KBLF ELEV · 2,857 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL12,958 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:50ZSUNRISE
17:28ZSOLAR NOON
00:05ZSUNSET
00:33ZCIVIL END
CURRENT17:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 04m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:33Z (7h 31m) DAY LENGTH13h 15m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:54Z MOONSET10:09Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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