// Station · 21m ago

KLBF

North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field

CAT VFR

WIND 020° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28.3°C / 17.2°C

ALTIM 30.16 inHg

ELEV 2,777 FT

41.1262°N / 100.6840°W

LOCATION · North Platte, US

WIND

020°6 kt

KLBF · 2,777 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

020°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 17

ALTIM

30.16"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 020°/6 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 KLBF 251753Z AUTO 02006KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP181 6//// T02830172 10283 20172 50004

KLBF · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 020° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.16" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 020° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

020°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

35★ HDG 350° H5 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,436'

30 HDG 300° H1 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

12 HDG 120° T1 kt X6 kt LEFT —

17 HDG 170° T5 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 3,777 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 +18°C

4,700FT

+1,923 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,777 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT2,535 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KIBM (Kimball Municipal Robert E Arraj Field, Kimball, elev 4,926 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+47%

-33%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+33%

-21%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+19%

-14%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL17,070 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:03ZSUNRISE

18:46ZSOLAR NOON

01:28ZSUNSET

01:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:57Z (7h 42m) DAY LENGTH13h 25m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:10Z MOONSET11:35Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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