// Station · 7m ago

KBTL

Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,500 ft

T/Td 22.8°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 30.14 inHg

ELEV 952 FT

42.3073°N / 85.2515°W

LOCATION · Battle Creek, US

WIND

300°5 kt

KBTL · 952 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN035

LAYERS

BKN035

T / Td

23 / 14

ALTIM

30.14"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,500 ft. Light winds at 300°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 3,500 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 KBTL 251653Z 30005KT 10SM BKN035 23/14 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP204 T02280139

KBTL · day 25 at 16:53 UTC · wind from 300° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 3,500 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.14" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1020.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 5 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

300°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

31★ HDG 310° H5 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,837'

23R HDG 230° H2 kt X5 kt RIGHT 10,004'

23L HDG 230° H2 kt X5 kt RIGHT 4,100'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

05L HDG 050° T2 kt X5 kt LEFT —

05R HDG 050° T2 kt X5 kt LEFT —

13 HDG 130° T5 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

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 +9°C

1,800FT

+848 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV952 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT731 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGLR (Gaylord Regional Airport, Gaylord, elev 1,328 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

BKN035

Broken · base 3,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL12,467 ft VFR MARGIN+500 ft

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

11:00ZSUNRISE

17:44ZSOLAR NOON

00:29ZSUNSET

00:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 28m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:58Z (7h 57m) DAY LENGTH13h 28m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:04Z MOONSET10:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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