// Station · 21m ago

KMBS

MBS International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23.9°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 668 FT

43.5332°N / 84.0831°W

LOCATION · Freeland, US

WIND

220°6 kt

KMBS · 668 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW035

T / Td

24 / 13

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 220°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 3,500 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 KMBS 251753Z 22006KT 10SM FEW035 24/13 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP197 T02390133 10239 20139 56016

KMBS · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 220° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,500 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

220°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

23★ HDG 230° H6 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,002'

14 HDG 140° H1 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

32 HDG 320° T1 kt X6 kt LEFT —

05 HDG 050° T6 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,668 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 +10°C

1,600FT

+932 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV668 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT464 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGLR (Gaylord Regional Airport, Gaylord, elev 1,328 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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)

FEW035

Few · base 3,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,739 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:53ZSUNRISE

17:39ZSOLAR NOON

00:26ZSUNSET

00:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 11m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:56Z (6h 41m) DAY LENGTH13h 32m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:00Z MOONSET10:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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