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// Station · 23m ago

KPBF

Pine Bluff Regional Airport, Grider Field
CAT
WIND 130° / 3 kt
VIS
CEILING CLR
T/Td 27.8°C / 25.6°C
ALTIM 30.04 inHg
ELEV 206 FT
34.1741°N / 91.9356°W
LOCATION · Pine Bluff, US
N
WIND
130°3 kt
KPBF · 206 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 15Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
130°/3
 
 
 
VIS
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
28 / 26
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.04"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 130°/3 kt. Visibility unreported 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 KPBF 251553Z AUTO 13003KT CLR 28/26 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T02780256 PWINO $

KPBF · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 130° at 3 kt · temp 28°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 3 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
130°3 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
18 HDG 180° CALM 5,998'
36 HDG 360° CALM 5,998'
Pattern altitude: 1,206 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 +13°C

1,600FT
+1,394 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV206 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT82 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KHRO (Boone County Airport, Harrison, elev 1,365 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 14,246 FT KPBF ELEV · 206 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL14,246 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:37ZSUNRISE
18:11ZSOLAR NOON
00:45ZSUNSET
01:10ZCIVIL END
CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 28m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:10Z (8h 54m) DAY LENGTH13h 07m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:40Z MOONSET10:47Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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