// Station · 24m ago

KHEQ

Holyoke Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 29.4°C / 14.7°C

ALTIM 29.95 inHg

ELEV 3,730 FT

40.5694°N / 102.2730°W

LOCATION · Holyoke, US

WIND

140°9 kt

KHEQ · 3,730 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

29 / 15

ALTIM

29.95"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 140°/9 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 KHEQ 290055Z AUTO 14009KT 10SM CLR 29/15 A2995 RMK AO2 T02940147 $

KHEQ · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 140° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.95" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

140°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H9 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T9 kt X0 kt — —

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 +22°C

6,300FT

+2,570 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,730 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+22°C PRESSURE ALT3,698 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCAG (Craig Moffat Airport, Craig, elev 6,193 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+63%

-44%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+44%

-28%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+25%

-19%

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 LEVEL18,578 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:13ZSUNRISE

18:51ZSOLAR NOON

01:29ZSUNSET

01:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:58Z (39m) DAY LENGTH13h 16m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE01:00Z MOONSET14:16Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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