// Station · 11m ago

KHKS

Hawkins Field

CAT MVFR

WIND 240° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,000 ft

T/Td 28.9°C / 23.3°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 341 FT

32.3345°N / 90.2222°W

LOCATION · Jackson, US

WIND

240°6 kt

KHKS · 341 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN030

LAYERS

BKN030

T / Td

29 / 23

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 3,000 ft. Light winds at 240°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 3,000 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

METAR KHKS 142253Z 24006KT 10SM BKN030 29/23 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02890233

KHKS · day 14 at 22:53 UTC · wind from 240° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 3,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

240°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

29★ HDG 290° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,431'

16 HDG 160° H1 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

34 HDG 340° T1 kt X6 kt LEFT —

11 HDG 110° T4 kt X5 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 +14°C

2,000FT

+1,659 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV341 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT229 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KUOS (Franklin County Airport, Sewanee, elev 1,953 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

BKN030

Broken · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,937 ft VFR MARGIN+0 ft

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

11:05ZSUNRISE

18:07ZSOLAR NOON

01:10ZSUNSET

01:38ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 06m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:38Z (2h 33m) DAY LENGTH14h 05m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE11:13Z MOONSET01:18Z FULL MOON IN15 days

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

KJAN

VFR → MVFR 08Z

Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport · Jackson

WIND: 270° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN250
DIST: 8 NM E
AGE: 10m ago

KMBO

MVFR

Bruce Campbell Field · Madison

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN028
DIST: 9 NM NE
AGE: 9m ago

KVKS

VFR

Vicksburg Municipal Airport · Vicksburg

WIND: 240° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 36 NM W
AGE: 29m ago

KTVR

VFR

Vicksburg Tallulah Regional Airport · Tallulah

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW036
DIST: 41 NM W
AGE: 11m ago

K1R7

VFR

Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport · Brookhaven

WIND: 200° / 8 kt
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: FEW029
DIST: 45 NM S
AGE: 9m ago

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