// Station · 26m ago

KHEI

Hettinger Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 12,000 ft

T/Td 23.9°C / 18.3°C

ALTIM 29.87 inHg

ELEV 2,705 FT

46.0149°N / 102.6560°W

LOCATION · Hettinger, US

WIND

320°9 kt

KHEI · 2,705 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN120

LAYERS

FEW075 FEW100 BKN120

T / Td

24 / 18

ALTIM

29.87"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 12,000 ft. Moderate winds at 320°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 7,500 ft, a few at 10,000 ft, and broken at 12,000 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 KHEI 290053Z AUTO 32009KT 10SM FEW075 FEW100 BKN120 24/18 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP101 T02390183

KHEI · day 29 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 320° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 7,500 ft · a few clouds at 10,000 ft · broken layer at 12,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.87" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

320°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

30★ HDG 300° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,652'

35 HDG 350° H8 kt X4 kt LEFT 2,020'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

12 HDG 120° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

17 HDG 170° T8 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 3,705 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 +14°C

4,500FT

+1,795 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,705 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT2,752 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGCC (Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport, Gillette, elev 4,365 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+45%

-32%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+32%

-20%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+18%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN120

Broken · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW100

Few · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW075

Few · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING12,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL14,776 ft VFR MARGIN+9,000 ft

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

12:07ZSUNRISE

18:53ZSOLAR NOON

01:38ZSUNSET

02:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING19m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:10Z (51m) DAY LENGTH13h 31m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:54Z MOONSET14:26Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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