// Station · 32m ago

KEET

Shelby County Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,800 ft

T/Td 31.7°C / 22.2°C

ALTIM 30.13 inHg

ELEV 586 FT

33.1770°N / 86.7828°W

LOCATION · Alabaster, US

WIND

200°7 kt

KEET · 586 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN038

LAYERS

BKN038

T / Td

32 / 22

ALTIM

30.13"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,800 ft. Light winds at 200°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 3,800 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 KEET 111653Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM BKN038 32/22 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP194 T03170222

KEET · day 11 at 16:53 UTC · wind from 200° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 3,800 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

200°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

16★ HDG 160° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

34 HDG 340° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

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 +17°C

2,500FT

+1,914 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV586 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT374 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBKW (Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beaver, elev 2,504 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN038

Broken · base 3,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL16,596 ft VFR MARGIN+800 ft

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

10:47ZSUNRISE

17:53ZSOLAR NOON

00:59ZSUNSET

01:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:25Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 34m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:28Z (8h 03m) DAY LENGTH14h 12m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION10% MOONRISE08:18Z MOONSET22:30Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KEKY

VFR

Bessemer Airport · Bessemer

WIND: 230° / 8 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT033
DIST: 11 NM NW
AGE: 29m ago

KBHM

VFR

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport · Birmingham

WIND: 310° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN160
DIST: 23 NM N
AGE: 32m ago

KSCD

VFR

Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport · Sylacauga

WIND: 280° / 7 kt
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: FEW038
DIST: 24 NM E
AGE: 10m ago

KPLR

VFR

St Clair County Airport · Pell City

WIND: 230° / 5 ktG11
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW033
DIST: 35 NM NE
AGE: 50m ago

KTCL

VFR

Tuscaloosa National Airport · Tuscaloosa

WIND: 260° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW031
DIST: 42 NM W
AGE: 32m ago

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