// Station · 22m ago
KEET
Shelby County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND VRB / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 30°C / 22.2°C
ALTIM 30.15 inHg
ELEV 586 FT
33.1770°N / 86.7828°W
LOCATION · Alabaster, US
WIND
VRB5 kt
KEET · 586 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 14Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
VRB/5
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
30 / 22
ALTIM
30.15"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at variable/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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METAR KEET 111453Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 30/22 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP200 T03000222 51004
KEET · day 11 at 14:53 UTC · wind variable at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 30°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1020.0 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind VRB @ 5 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
VRB5 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
16
HDG 160°
—CALM
——
5,000'
34
HDG 340°
—CALM
——
5,000'
Pattern altitude: 1,586 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 +16°C
2,200FT
+1,614 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -100 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV586 FT
OAT+30°C
ISA DELTA+16°C
PRESSURE ALT353 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KAVL
(Asheville Regional Airport, Asheville, elev 2,165 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+22%
-15%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+15%
-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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
10:47ZSUNRISE
17:53ZSOLAR NOON
00:59ZSUNSET
01:28ZCIVIL END
CURRENT15:15Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 43m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:28Z (10h 12m)
DAY LENGTH14h 12m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE08:13Z
MOONSET22:25Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KEKY
VFR
Bessemer Airport · Bessemer
- WIND
- 240° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 11 NM NW
- AGE
- 19m ago
KBHM
VFR
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport · Birmingham
- WIND
- 250° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW028
- DIST
- 23 NM N
- AGE
- 22m ago
KSCD
VFR
Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport · Sylacauga
- WIND
- 260° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 9.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 24 NM E
- AGE
- 20m ago
KPLR
VFR
St Clair County Airport · Pell City
- WIND
- 250° / 7 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 35 NM NE
- AGE
- 40m ago
KTCL
VFR
Tuscaloosa National Airport · Tuscaloosa
- WIND
- 240° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 42 NM W
- AGE
- 22m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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