// Station · 23m ago

KEKY

Bessemer Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 010° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,000 ft

T/Td 28.9°C / 18.9°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 700 FT

33.3129°N / 86.9259°W

LOCATION · Bessemer, US

WIND

010°4 kt

KEKY · 700 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

010°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN070

LAYERS

BKN070

T / Td

29 / 19

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Light winds at 010°/4 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 7,000 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 KEKY 290056Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM BKN070 29/19 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02890189 $

KEKY · day 29 at 00:56 UTC · wind from 010° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 7,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 010° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

010°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 6,007'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 6,007'

Pattern altitude: 1,700 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 +15°C

2,400FT

+1,700 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV700 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT597 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K6A4 (Johnson County Airport, Mountain City, elev 2,240 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-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. 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)

BKN070

Broken · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL15,296 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

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

11:20ZSUNRISE

17:50ZSOLAR NOON

00:20ZSUNSET

00:45ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:45Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 59m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:07Z MOONSET13:07Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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