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// Station · 15m ago

KHKY

Hickory Regional Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 18.9°C / 13.3°C
ALTIM 30.04 inHg
ELEV 1,190 FT
35.7411°N / 81.3895°W
LOCATION · Hickory, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KHKY · 1,190 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
19 / 13
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.04"
 
 
 

// 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.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KHKY 130053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/13 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP154 T01890133

KHKY · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 19°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.4 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 +6°C

1,800FT
+610 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV1,190 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT1,066 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
+18%
-13%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+13%
-8%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+7%
-5%

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 · 10,735 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 LEVEL10,735 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:30ZSUNRISE
17:13ZSOLAR NOON
22:55ZSUNSET
23:21ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:21Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 25m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:51Z MOONSET00:16Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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