// Station · 15m ago

KBMI

Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 16.7°C

ALTIM 30.13 inHg

ELEV 871 FT

40.4771°N / 88.9159°W

LOCATION · Bloomington/Normal, US

WIND

170°6 kt

KBMI · 871 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

25 / 17

ALTIM

30.13"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 170°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,000 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 KBMI 251756Z 17006KT 10SM FEW040 25/17 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP196 T02500167 10250 20150 58012

KBMI · day 25 at 17:56 UTC · wind from 170° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

170°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

20★ HDG 200° H5 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,000'

11 HDG 110° H3 kt X5 kt RIGHT 6,525'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

29 HDG 290° T3 kt X5 kt LEFT —

02 HDG 020° T5 kt X3 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 +11°C

2,000FT

+1,129 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV871 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT659 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KUOS (Franklin County Airport, Sewanee, elev 1,953 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

FEW040

Few · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,497 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:17ZSUNRISE

17:59ZSOLAR NOON

00:41ZSUNSET

01:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 29m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:09Z (6h 57m) DAY LENGTH13h 23m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:23Z MOONSET10:47Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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