// Station · 21m ago
KHLX
Twin County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 23°C / 16°C
ALTIM 30.24 inHg
ELEV 2,693 FT
36.7661°N / 80.8236°W
LOCATION · Hillsville, US
WIND
000°0 kt
KHLX · 2,693 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
23 / 16
ALTIM
30.24"
// 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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METAR KHLX 150055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/16 A3024 RMK AO2
KHLX · day 15 at 00:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.24" 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
01
HDG 010°
—CALM
——
4,151'
19
HDG 190°
—CALM
——
4,151'
Pattern altitude: 3,693 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 +13°C
3,900FT
+1,207 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +400 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV2,693 FT
OAT+23°C
ISA DELTA+13°C
PRESSURE ALT2,371 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KHSP
(Ingalls Field, Hot Springs, elev 3,793 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+39%
-27%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+27%
-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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)
10:16ZSUNRISE
17:30ZSOLAR NOON
00:44ZSUNSET
01:13ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:16Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:13Z (past)
DAY LENGTH14h 27m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE10:29Z
MOONSET00:56Z
FULL MOON IN15 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KMWK
VFR
Mount Airy Surry County Airport · Mount Airy
- WIND
- VRB / 1 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 23 NM SE
- AGE
- 21m ago
KPSK
VFR
New River Valley Airport · Dublin
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 23 NM N
- AGE
- 1m ago
KMKJ
VFR
Mountain Empire Airport · Rural Retreat
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 26 NM W
- AGE
- 21m ago
KBCB
VFR
→
IFR
09Z
Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport · Blacksburg
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 33 NM NE
- AGE
- 1m ago
KGEV
VFR
Ashe County Airport · Jefferson
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 35 NM SW
- AGE
- 21m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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