// Station · 52m ago

KBMI

Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal

CAT VFR

WIND 010° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 17.8°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 871 FT

40.4771°N / 88.9159°W

LOCATION · Bloomington/Normal, US

WIND

010°5 kt

KBMI · 871 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 08Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

010°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

18 / 13

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 010°/5 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 KBMI 270856Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP142 T01780133 56006

KBMI · day 27 at 08:56 UTC · wind from 010° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 18°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 010° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

010°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

02★ HDG 020° H5 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,000'

29 HDG 290° H1 kt X5 kt RIGHT 6,525'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

11 HDG 110° T1 kt X5 kt LEFT —

20 HDG 200° T5 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,871 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 +4°C

1,300FT

+429 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV871 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT818 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KRST (Rochester International Airport, Rochester, elev 1,317 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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.

// 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 LEVEL9,861 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:31ZSUNRISE

17:54ZSOLAR NOON

01:17ZSUNSET

01:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:48Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 28m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:49Z (16h 00m) DAY LENGTH14h 45m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE19:12Z MOONSET09:57Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of KBMI.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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