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// KHST · Homestead Air Reserve Base · Homestead

// Station · 10m ago

KHST

Homestead Air Reserve Base
CAT VFR
WIND 040° / 5 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 27.6°C / 24.2°C
ALTIM 29.97 inHg
ELEV 5 FT
25.4886°N / 80.3836°W
LOCATION · Homestead, US
N
WIND
040°5 kt
KHST · 5 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
040°/5
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
28 / 24
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.97"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 040°/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 KHST 130055Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE SLP152 T02760242

KHST · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 040° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 5 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
040°5 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
05★ HDG 050° H5 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 11,201'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
23 HDG 230° T5 kt X1 kt RIGHT —
Pattern altitude: 1,005 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

1,500FT
+1,495 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV5 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT-48 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K49A (Gilmer County Airport, Ellijay, elev 1,486 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+15%
-11%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+11%
-7%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+6%
-5%

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 · 13,944 FT KHST ELEV · 5 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL13,944 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:19ZSUNRISE
17:09ZSOLAR NOON
22:58ZSUNSET
23:21ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:21Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 38m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:40Z MOONSET00:19Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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