// Station · 12m ago

KHOB

Lea County Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.93 inHg

ELEV 3,661 FT

32.6875°N / 103.2170°W

LOCATION · Hobbs, US

WIND

170°8 kt

KHOB · 3,661 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

27 / 15

ALTIM

29.93"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 170°/8 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 KHOB 130055Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 27/15 A2993 RMK AO2

KHOB · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 170° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

170°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

17★ HDG 170° H8 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 4,370'

13 HDG 130° H6 kt X5 kt RIGHT 6,002'

22 HDG 220° H5 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 75%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

04 HDG 040° T5 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

31 HDG 310° T6 kt X5 kt LEFT —

35 HDG 350° T8 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 4,661 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 +19°C

6,000FT

+2,339 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,661 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT3,649 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KAEG (Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque, elev 5,837 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+60%

-42%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+42%

-27%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+24%

-18%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL17,297 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

12:55ZSUNRISE

18:40ZSOLAR NOON

00:25ZSUNSET

00:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:49Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 29m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE14:16Z MOONSET01:46Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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