// Station · 23m ago

KHLR

Hood Army Air Field

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 13 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 33°C / 19.4°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 924 FT

31.1387°N / 97.7145°W

LOCATION · Fort Cavazos (Killeen), US

WIND

150°13 kt

KHLR · 924 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/13

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

BKN080

T / Td

33 / 19

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Brisk winds at 150°/13 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 8,000 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 KHLR 290055Z AUTO 15013KT 10SM BKN080 33/19 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP136 T03300194

KHLR · day 29 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 150° at 13 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 33°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 13 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

150°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

16H★ HDG 160° H13 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,803'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

34H HDG 340° T13 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,924 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 +20°C

3,200FT

+2,276 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV924 FT OAT+33°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT871 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KE11 (Andrews County Airport, Andrews, elev 3,174 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+32%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+13%

-10%

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)

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL17,591 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

12:06ZSUNRISE

18:33ZSOLAR NOON

01:01ZSUNSET

01:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:26Z (7m) DAY LENGTH12h 55m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:53Z MOONSET13:48Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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