// Station · 15m ago

KHEQ

Holyoke Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 060° / 13 kt G21

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 16.7°C / 10.8°C

ALTIM 29.84 inHg

ELEV 3,730 FT

40.5694°N / 102.2730°W

LOCATION · Holyoke, US

WIND

060°13 kt

KHEQ · 3,730 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/13G21

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

17 / 11

ALTIM

29.84"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 060°/13 kt, gusting 21. 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 KHEQ 130215Z AUTO 06013G21KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A2984 RMK AO2 T01670108 $

KHEQ · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · wind from 060° at 13 kt, gusts to 21 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 17°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.84" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 13 ktG21

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

060°13G21 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H2 kt X13 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T2 kt X13 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 4,730 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 +9°C

4,900FT

+1,170 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,730 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT3,807 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGJT (Grand Junction Regional Airport, Grand Junction, elev 4,858 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+49%

-34%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+34%

-22%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+20%

-15%

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 LEVEL12,164 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:57ZSUNRISE

18:36ZSOLAR NOON

00:15ZSUNSET

00:42ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:42Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 17m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:21Z MOONSET01:39Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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