// Station · 17m ago
KHKY
Hickory Regional Airport
CAT LIFR
WIND CALM
VIS 7.0 SM
CEILING BKN at 400 ft
T/Td 20.6°C / 20°C
ALTIM 30.08 inHg
ELEV 1,190 FT
35.7411°N / 81.3895°W
LOCATION · Hickory, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KHKY · 1,190 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 09Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
7.0 SM
CEILING
BKN004
LAYERS
BKN004 OVC016
T / Td
21 / 20
ALTIM
30.08"
// Interpretation
LIFR — ceiling 400 ft. Winds calm, visibility 7.0 SM, broken at 400 ft, and overcast at 1,600 ft. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.
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SPECI KHKY 270933Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM BKN004 OVC016 21/20 A3008 RMK AO2 T02060200
KHKY · day 27 at 09:33 UTC · winds calm · visibility 7.0 SM · broken layer at 400 ft · overcast at 1,600 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
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 +8°C
1,900FT
+710 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +100 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV1,190 FT
OAT+21°C
ISA DELTA+8°C
PRESSURE ALT1,028 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KRHP
(Western Carolina Regional Airport, Andrews, elev 1,697 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+19%
-13%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+13%
-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)
10:14ZSUNRISE
17:24ZSOLAR NOON
00:33ZSUNSET
01:03ZCIVIL END
CURRENT09:50Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 43m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:03Z (15h 12m)
DAY LENGTH14h 19m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION82%
MOONRISE18:55Z
MOONSET09:14Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)
KCLT
VFR
→
LIFR
10Z
Charlotte Douglas International Airport · Charlotte
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN130
- DIST
- 38 NM SE
- AGE
- 58m ago
KJQF
IFR
Concord-Padgett Regional Airport · Concord
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- OVC008
- DIST
- 39 NM SE
- AGE
- 15m ago
KAVL
VFR
Asheville Regional Airport · Asheville
- WIND
- 160° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN065
- DIST
- 59 NM W
- AGE
- 10m ago
KGSP
LIFR
→
IFR
13Z
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport · Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg
- WIND
- 220° / 4 kt
- VIS
- 1.0 SM
- CEILING
- —
- DIST
- 65 NM SW
- AGE
- 8m ago
KTRI
IFR
→
MVFR
11Z
Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport · Blountville
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 2.5 SM
- CEILING
- BKN047
- DIST
- 66 NM NW
- AGE
- 4m ago
// Area map · 80 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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