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// KHLX · Twin County Airport · Hillsville

// Station · 10m ago

KHLX

Twin County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 320° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 15°C / 12°C
ALTIM 30.13 inHg
ELEV 2,693 FT
36.7661°N / 80.8236°W
LOCATION · Hillsville, US
N
WIND
320°5 kt
KHLX · 2,693 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 04Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
320°/5
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
15 / 12
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.13"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 320°/5 kt. 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 KHLX 130415Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR 15/12 A3013 RMK AO2

KHLX · day 13 at 04:15 UTC · wind from 320° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 15°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 5 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
320°5 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
01★ HDG 010° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,151'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
19 HDG 190° T3 kt X4 kt RIGHT —
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 +5°C

3,100FT
+407 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV2,693 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT2,481 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KLNP (Lonesome Pine Airport, Wise, elev 2,684 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+31%
-22%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+22%
-14%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+12%
-9%

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 · 10,269 FT KHLX ELEV · 2,693 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL10,269 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:29ZSUNRISE
17:10ZSOLAR NOON
22:52ZSUNSET
23:18ZCIVIL END
CURRENT04:25Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:18Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 23m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE12:56Z MOONSET00:20Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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