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// Station · 16m ago

KHOB

Lea County Regional Airport
CAT LIFR
WIND CALM
VIS 3.0 SM
CEILING OVC at 400 ft
T/Td 16°C / 15°C
ALTIM 29.88 inHg
WX BR
ELEV 3,661 FT
32.6875°N / 103.2170°W
LOCATION · Hobbs, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
KHOB · 3,661 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 09Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
3.0 SM
 
 
 
CEILING
OVC004
 
 
 
LAYERS
OVC004
 
 
 
T / Td
16 / 15
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.88"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 400 ft. Winds calm, visibility 3.0 SM, overcast at 400 ft. Reported weather: BR. Reported weather: BR. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KHOB 270935Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR OVC004 16/15 A2988 RMK AO2

KHOB · day 27 at 09:35 UTC · winds calm · visibility 3.0 SM · overcast at 400 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg · weather: BR · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends
04 HDG 040° CALM 8,000'
22 HDG 220° CALM 8,000'
13 HDG 130° CALM 6,002'
31 HDG 310° CALM 6,002'
17 HDG 170° CALM 4,370'
35 HDG 350° CALM 4,370'
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 +8°C

4,700FT
+1,039 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +200 FT
5,900 5,100 4,300
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV3,661 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT3,700 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KTCS (Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport, Truth or Consequences, elev 4,853 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+47%
-33%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+33%
-21%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+19%
-14%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 11,742 FT OVC004 · CEILING KHOB ELEV · 3,661 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC004
Overcast · base 400 ft AGL · 8 oktas
// Computed
CEILING400 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,742 ft VFR MARGIN-2,600 ft

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

11:49ZSUNRISE
18:51ZSOLAR NOON
01:53ZSUNSET
02:21ZCIVIL END
CURRENT09:51Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:21Z (16h 30m) DAY LENGTH14h 04m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE20:29Z MOONSET10:34Z FULL MOON IN4 days

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