// Station · 30m ago

KHHR

Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 270° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,800 ft

T/Td 15°C / 10°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 66 FT

33.9228°N / 118.3350°W

LOCATION · Hawthorne, US

WIND

270°5 kt

KHHR · 66 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN028

LAYERS

BKN028

T / Td

15 / 10

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,800 ft. Light winds at 270°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 2,800 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI KHHR 270919Z AUTO 27005KT 10SM BKN028 15/10 A2980 RMK AO2 T01500100

KHHR · day 27 at 09:19 UTC · wind from 270° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 2,800 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

270°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

25★ HDG 250° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,884'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

07 HDG 070° T5 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,066 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 +0°C

200FT

+134 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV66 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT184 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMER (Castle Airport, Merced, elev 191 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+2%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN028

Broken · base 2,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL7,642 ft VFR MARGIN-200 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

12:46ZSUNRISE

19:51ZSOLAR NOON

02:57ZSUNSET

03:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:49Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 07m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:25Z (17h 36m) DAY LENGTH14h 10m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE21:27Z MOONSET11:38Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KLAX

MVFR

Los Angeles International Airport · Los Angeles

WIND: 230° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN026
DIST: 4 NM W
AGE: 37m ago

KSMO

VFR

Santa Monica Municipal Airport · Santa Monica

WIND: 150° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 8 NM NW
AGE: 58m ago

KLGB

VFR

Long Beach International Airport · Long Beach

WIND: 310° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT027
DIST: 11 NM SE
AGE: 9m ago

KSLI

VFR

Los Alamitos Army Air Field · Los Alamitos

WIND: CALM
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: SCT021
DIST: 16 NM SE
AGE: 34m ago

KBUR

VFR

Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport · Burbank

WIND: 140° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC038
DIST: 17 NM N
AGE: 56m ago

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