// Station · 29m ago

KHFD

Hartford Brainard Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 9,000 ft

T/Td 25°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 18 FT

41.7367°N / 72.6494°W

LOCATION · Hartford, US

WIND

VRB3 kt

KHFD · 18 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN090

LAYERS

FEW049 SCT065 BKN090

T / Td

25 / 14

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 9,000 ft. Light winds at variable/3 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 4,900 ft, scattered at 6,500 ft, and broken at 9,000 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 KHFD 251953Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW049 SCT065 BKN090 25/14 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP133 T02500139

KHFD · day 25 at 19:53 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,900 ft · scattered layer at 6,500 ft · broken layer at 9,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

02 HDG 020° —CALM —— 4,417'

20 HDG 200° —CALM —— 4,417'

11 HDG 110° —CALM —— 2,314'

29 HDG 290° —CALM —— 2,314'

Pattern altitude: 1,018 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 +10°C

1,200FT

+1,182 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV18 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT15 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KOXC (Waterbury Oxford Airport, Oxford, elev 726 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

BKN090

Broken · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT065

Scattered · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW049

Few · base 4,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING9,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,644 ft VFR MARGIN+6,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

10:10ZSUNRISE

16:54ZSOLAR NOON

23:37ZSUNSET

00:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:06Z (3h 43m) DAY LENGTH13h 27m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:21Z MOONSET09:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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