// Station · 56m ago
KBTL
Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field
CAT —
WIND CALM
VIS 9.0 SM
CEILING —
T/Td 13.9°C / 12.8°C
ALTIM 29.97 inHg
ELEV 952 FT
42.3073°N / 85.2515°W
LOCATION · Battle Creek, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KBTL · 952 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 09Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
9.0 SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
14 / 13
ALTIM
29.97"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility 9.0 SM 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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METAR KBTL 270953Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM 14/13 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP145 T01390128 $
KBTL · day 27 at 09:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 9.0 SM · temp 14°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.5 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
6 ends
05L
HDG 050°
—CALM
——
10,004'
23R
HDG 230°
—CALM
——
10,004'
13
HDG 130°
—CALM
——
4,837'
31
HDG 310°
—CALM
——
4,837'
05R
HDG 050°
—CALM
——
4,100'
23L
HDG 230°
—CALM
——
4,100'
Pattern altitude: 1,952 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 +1°C
1,000FT
+48 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +300 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV952 FT
OAT+14°C
ISA DELTA+1°C
PRESSURE ALT899 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KJXN
(Jackson County Airport/Reynolds Field, Jackson, elev 1,001 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+10%
-7%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+7%
-5%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+4%
-3%
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
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
10:11ZSUNRISE
17:39ZSOLAR NOON
01:08ZSUNSET
01:41ZCIVIL END
CURRENT10:49Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 18m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:41Z (14h 52m)
DAY LENGTH14h 56m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83%
MOONRISE18:53Z
MOONSET09:50Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KAZO
VFR
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport · Kalamazoo
- WIND
- 330° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 14 NM W
- AGE
- 36m ago
KJXN
VFR
Jackson County Airport/Reynolds Field · Jackson
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 9.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 35 NM E
- AGE
- 53m ago
KGRR
VFR
Gerald R. Ford International Airport · Grand Rapids
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW250
- DIST
- 36 NM N
- AGE
- 56m ago
KLAN
VFR
Capital Region International Airport · Lansing
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 8.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 41 NM NE
- AGE
- 56m ago
KSBN
VFR
South Bend International Airport · South Bend
- WIND
- 360° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 9.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 60 NM SW
- AGE
- 55m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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