// Station · 21m ago

KIBM

Kimball Municipal Robert E Arraj Field

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 10 kt G19

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28.4°C / 10.5°C

ALTIM 30.10 inHg

ELEV 4,926 FT

41.1881°N / 103.6770°W

LOCATION · Kimball, US

WIND

260°10 kt

KIBM · 4,926 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/10G19

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT120

T / Td

28 / 11

ALTIM

30.10"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 260°/10 kt, gusting 19. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 12,000 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 KIBM 290055Z AUTO 26010G19KT 10SM SCT120 28/11 A3010 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE T02840105

KIBM · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 260° at 10 kt, gusts to 19 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 12,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 10 ktG19

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

260°10G19 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

28★ HDG 280° H9 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,199'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

10 HDG 100° T9 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 5,926 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 +23°C

7,500FT

+2,574 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,926 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+23°C PRESSURE ALT4,743 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KANK (Salida Airport - Harriet Alexander Field, Salida, elev 7,523 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+75%

-53%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+53%

-34%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+30%

-23%

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)

SCT120

Scattered · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL19,269 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:18ZSUNRISE

18:57ZSOLAR NOON

01:36ZSUNSET

02:04ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING19m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:04Z (48m) DAY LENGTH13h 17m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:05Z MOONSET14:23Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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