// Station · 25m ago

KHOT

Memorial Field Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27.8°C / 23.3°C

ALTIM 30.04 inHg

ELEV 540 FT

34.4788°N / 93.0963°W

LOCATION · Hot Springs, US

WIND

170°4 kt

KHOT · 540 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW013

T / Td

28 / 23

ALTIM

30.04"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 170°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 1,300 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 KHOT 251553Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM FEW013 28/23 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02780233

KHOT · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 170° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 1,300 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

170°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 6,595'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 6,595'

13 HDG 130° —CALM —— 4,098'

31 HDG 310° —CALM —— 4,098'

Pattern altitude: 1,540 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 +14°C

2,100FT

+1,560 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV540 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT416 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K3K8 (Comanche County Airport, Coldwater, elev 2,085 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

FEW013

Few · base 1,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,580 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:41ZSUNRISE

18:15ZSOLAR NOON

00:50ZSUNSET

01:16ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:16Z (8h 57m) DAY LENGTH13h 08m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:44Z MOONSET10:52Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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