// Station · 35m ago

KHLC

Hill City Municipal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 13 kt G21

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 23.9°C / 11.1°C

ALTIM 29.78 inHg

ELEV 2,238 FT

39.3788°N / 99.8315°W

LOCATION · Hill City, US

WIND

050°13 kt

KHLC · 2,238 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/13G21

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

BKN100

T / Td

24 / 11

ALTIM

29.78"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Brisk winds at 050°/13 kt, gusting 21, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 10,000 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 KHLC 130153Z AUTO 05013G21KT 10SM BKN100 24/11 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP063 T02390111

KHLC · day 13 at 01:53 UTC · wind from 050° at 13 kt, gusts to 21 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.78" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1006.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 13 ktG21

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

050°13G21 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

36★ HDG 360° H8 kt X10 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

18 HDG 180° T8 kt X10 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 3,238 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

4,000FT

+1,762 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,238 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT2,377 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGLD (Goodland Municipal Airport, Goodland, elev 3,656 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+40%

-28%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+28%

-18%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+16%

-12%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,309 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:47ZSUNRISE

18:26ZSOLAR NOON

00:06ZSUNSET

00:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:28Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:33Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:10Z MOONSET01:30Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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