KBFM — Mobile Intl
Mobile, AL · field elevation 26 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KBFM current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBFM 252353Z 04004KT 10SM SCT047 27/18 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02670178 10278 20239 53001
- Wind
- from 040° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- sct, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 27 °C / dewpoint 18 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,286 ft · pressure altitude -84 ft
- Observed
- 4 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 040° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | 3 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 32 | 1 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 14 | 1 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
| 18 | 3 kt tail | 3 kt from the left |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
4 within 20 nm, closest 7 nm. Last image 5 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 500–500 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KBFM 252330Z 2600/2624 VRB03KT P6SM FEW030 FM261400 04005KT P6SM FEW030 FM261800 08007KT P6SM SCT040 SCT250
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 30.62678, -88.06809
- Elevation
- 26 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1142Z / 2345Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-1900 SUN; 0700-2200 MON; 0330-2200 TUE THRU FRI; 0400-1900 SAT.
- Magnetic variation
- 1°W (2005)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- New Orleans
- County
- Mobile, AL
Airport diagram
Everything else KBFM publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 9,618 | 150 | ASPH-CONC | HIGH |
| 18/36 | 7,800 | 150 | ASPH-CONC | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 135.575
- Tower 0700-1900 SUN; 0700-2200 MON; 0330-2200 TUE THRU FRI; 0400-1900 SAT.
- 118.8
- Ground
- 121.7
- CTAF
- 118.8
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 118.5
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KMOB Mobile Rgnl10 nm
- KCQF H L Sonny Callahan14 nm
- KPQL Trent Lott Intl26 nm
- KNBJ Barin Nolf27 nm
- KJKA Gulf Shores Intl/Jack Edwards Fld29 nm
- KNPA Pensacola NAS (Forrest Sherman Fld)42 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBFM airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Alabama airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.