// Station · 14m ago

KHKS

Hawkins Field

CAT VFR

WIND 330° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 31.7°C / 21.1°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

ELEV 341 FT

32.3345°N / 90.2222°W

LOCATION · Jackson, US

WIND

330°6 kt

KHKS · 341 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW042

T / Td

32 / 21

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 330°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,200 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 KHKS 302053Z 33006KT 10SM FEW042 32/21 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP112 T03170211 56012

KHKS · day 30 at 20:53 UTC · wind from 330° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,200 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

330°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

34★ HDG 340° H6 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,387'

29 HDG 290° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT 3,431'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

11 HDG 110° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

16 HDG 160° T6 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,341 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 +17°C

2,500FT

+2,159 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV341 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT368 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBKW (Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beaver, elev 2,504 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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)

FEW042

Few · base 4,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,351 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

10:56ZSUNRISE

17:59ZSOLAR NOON

01:02ZSUNSET

01:30ZCIVIL END

CURRENT21:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:30Z (4h 23m) DAY LENGTH14h 06m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION100% MOONRISE22:26Z MOONSET12:32Z FULL MOON IN1 day

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

KJAN

VFR

Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport · Jackson

WIND: 340° / 8 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN250
DIST: 8 NM E
AGE: 13m ago

KMBO

VFR

Bruce Campbell Field · Madison

WIND: 330° / 8 kt
VIS: 7.0 SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 9 NM NE
AGE: 12m ago

KVKS

VFR

Vicksburg Municipal Airport · Vicksburg

WIND: 300° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 36 NM W
AGE: 12m ago

KTVR

VFR

Vicksburg Tallulah Regional Airport · Tallulah

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 41 NM W
AGE: 14m ago

K1R7

VFR

Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport · Brookhaven

WIND: VRB / 3 kt
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: SCT044
DIST: 45 NM S
AGE: 12m ago

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