// Station · 15m ago

KBLH

Blythe Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 14 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23.3°C / 10°C

ALTIM 29.81 inHg

ELEV 399 FT

33.6192°N / 114.7170°W

LOCATION · Blythe, US

WIND

240°14 kt

KBLH · 399 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/14

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT120

T / Td

23 / 10

ALTIM

29.81"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 240°/14 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 12,000 ft. 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 KBLH 130052Z AUTO 24014KT 10SM SCT120 23/10 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP089 T02330100 $

KBLH · day 13 at 00:52 UTC · wind from 240° at 14 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 12,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.81" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 14 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

240°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

26★ HDG 260° H13 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,543'

17 HDG 170° H5 kt X13 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 93%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35 HDG 350° T5 kt X13 kt LEFT —

08 HDG 080° T13 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,399 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 +9°C

1,600FT

+1,201 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV399 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT506 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAVX (Catalina Airport, Avalon, elev 1,602 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT120

Scattered · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,167 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

13:42ZSUNRISE

19:26ZSOLAR NOON

01:10ZSUNSET

01:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:35Z (27m) DAY LENGTH11h 28m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:03Z MOONSET02:31Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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