// Station · 10m ago

KBTL

Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 23.3°C / 16.1°C

ALTIM 29.81 inHg

ELEV 952 FT

42.3073°N / 85.2515°W

LOCATION · Battle Creek, US

WIND

180°7 kt

KBTL · 952 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

23 / 16

ALTIM

29.81"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 180°/7 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 KBTL 130053Z 18007KT 10SM CLR 23/16 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP091 T02330161

KBTL · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 180° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 29.81" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1009.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 7 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

180°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

23R★ HDG 230° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,004'

23L HDG 230° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT 4,100'

13 HDG 130° H4 kt X5 kt RIGHT 4,837'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

05L HDG 050° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

05R HDG 050° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T4 kt X5 kt LEFT —

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 +10°C

2,300FT

+1,348 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV952 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT1,059 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KJST (John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport, Johnstown, elev 2,284 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+23%

-16%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+16%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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 · 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 LEVEL12,720 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:51ZSUNRISE

17:28ZSOLAR NOON

23:05ZSUNSET

23:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:34Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 14m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:12Z MOONSET00:26Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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