// Station · 33m ago

KBRD

Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 11 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 9,000 ft

T/Td 27.2°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 29.87 inHg

ELEV 1,232 FT

46.4029°N / 94.1297°W

LOCATION · Brainerd, US

WIND

250°11 kt

KBRD · 1,232 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/11

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN090

LAYERS

SCT047 SCT065 BKN090

T / Td

27 / 16

ALTIM

29.87"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 9,000 ft. Moderate winds at 250°/11 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 4,700 ft, scattered at 6,500 ft, and broken at 9,000 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 KBRD 251953Z AUTO 25011KT 10SM SCT047 SCT065 BKN090 27/16 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP111 T02720161

KBRD · day 25 at 19:53 UTC · wind from 250° at 11 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,700 ft · scattered layer at 6,500 ft · broken layer at 9,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.87" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 11 kt

4 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 3 CAUTION

WIND

250°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

23★ HDG 230° H10 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,512'

30 HDG 300° H7 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 73%

16 HDG 160° H0 kt X11 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

34 HDG 340° H0 kt X11 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

12 HDG 120° T7 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

05 HDG 050° T10 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,232 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 +15°C

3,000FT

+1,768 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,232 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT1,279 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBWW (Bowman Regional Airport, Bowman, elev 2,965 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+30%

-21%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+21%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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)

BKN090

Broken · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT065

Scattered · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT047

Scattered · base 4,700 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING9,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL14,969 ft VFR MARGIN+6,000 ft

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

11:29ZSUNRISE

18:20ZSOLAR NOON

01:11ZSUNSET

01:42ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 44m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:42Z (5h 16m) DAY LENGTH13h 41m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:40Z MOONSET11:21Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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