// Station · 21m ago

KHCD

Hutchinson Municipal Butler Field

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 21.2°C / 18.5°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 1,062 FT

44.8599°N / 94.3825°W

LOCATION · Hutchinson, US

WIND

130°5 kt

KHCD · 1,062 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

21 / 19

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 130°/5 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 KHCD 290055Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3001 RMK AO2 T02120185

KHCD · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 130° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

130°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

15★ HDG 150° H5 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

33 HDG 330° T5 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,062 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 +8°C

1,900FT

+838 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,062 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT971 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCKC (Grand Marais Cook County Airport, Grand Marais, elev 1,799 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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 LEVEL11,769 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:36ZSUNRISE

18:20ZSOLAR NOON

01:04ZSUNSET

01:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:34Z (18m) DAY LENGTH13h 27m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:23Z MOONSET13:51Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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