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// Station · 29m ago

KBUY

Burlington Alamance Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 250° / 4 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 21.1°C / 18.3°C
ALTIM 30.08 inHg
ELEV 617 FT
36.0485°N / 79.4749°W
LOCATION · Burlington, US
N
WIND
250°4 kt
KBUY · 617 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 02Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
250°/4
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
21 / 18
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.08"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 250°/4 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 KBUY 290254Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02110183 50010

KBUY · day 29 at 02:54 UTC · wind from 250° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 4 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
250°4 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
06 HDG 060° CALM 6,406'
24 HDG 240° CALM 6,406'
Pattern altitude: 1,617 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 +7°C

1,300FT
+683 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV617 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT455 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KUKF (Wilkes County Airport, North Wilkesboro, elev 1,301 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+13%
-9%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+9%
-6%
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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 11,274 FT KBUY ELEV · 617 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL11,274 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

10:47ZSUNRISE
17:20ZSOLAR NOON
23:53ZSUNSET
00:19ZCIVIL END
CURRENT03:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:19Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 05m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:39Z MOONSET12:44Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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