// Station · 59m ago

KBTR

Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25.6°C / 18.3°C

ALTIM 30.04 inHg

ELEV 70 FT

30.5332°N / 91.1496°W

LOCATION · Baton Rouge, US

WIND

130°5 kt

KBTR · 70 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 18

ALTIM

30.04"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 130°/5 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 KBTR 130053Z 13005KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A3004 RMK AO1 SLP170 T02560183 PNO $

KBTR · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 130° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · automated station (no precipitation discriminator) · sea-level pressure 1017.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 5 kt

5 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

130°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 5 usable

13★ HDG 130° H5 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 7,005'

04L HDG 040° H0 kt X5 kt RIGHT 7,500'

22R HDG 220° H0 kt X5 kt LEFT 7,500'

04R HDG 040° H0 kt X5 kt RIGHT 3,799'

22L HDG 220° H0 kt X5 kt LEFT 3,799'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T5 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,070 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

1,200FT

+1,130 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV70 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT-54 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLZZ (Lampasas Airport, Lampasas, elev 1,215 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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 LEVEL12,999 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:05ZSUNRISE

17:52ZSOLAR NOON

23:38ZSUNSET

00:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:02Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 32m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:28Z MOONSET01:01Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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