[/] search [ENTER] submit ICAO [ESC] clear 5,740 STATIONS · WORLDWIDE

// Station · 25m ago

KHKY

Hickory Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 23.9°C / 13.3°C
ALTIM 30.14 inHg
ELEV 1,190 FT
35.7411°N / 81.3895°W
LOCATION · Hickory, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KHKY · 1,190 FT
© OSM · CartoDB

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

METRIC
NOW · 15Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
24 / 13
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.14"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. 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.

Loading TAF forecast narrative…

SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)

// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →

// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KHKY 251553Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP185 T02390133

KHKY · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.14" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
06 HDG 060° CALM 6,401'
24 HDG 240° CALM 6,401'
Pattern altitude: 2,190 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 +11°C

2,300FT
+1,110 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV1,190 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT969 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAVL (Asheville Regional Airport, Asheville, elev 2,165 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+23%
-16%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+16%
-10%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+9%
-7%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 13,261 FT KHKY ELEV · 1,190 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,261 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

10:53ZSUNRISE
17:29ZSOLAR NOON
00:04ZSUNSET
00:31ZCIVIL END
CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 46m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:31Z (8h 13m) DAY LENGTH13h 11m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:56Z MOONSET10:07Z FULL MOON IN2 days

// Nearest reporting stations

Loading nearest reporting stations…

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

© OpenStreetMap · CartoDB · OpenAIP
// Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.
Get METAR Deck →