// Station · 12m ago

KHTH

Hawthorne Industrial Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 17 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,000 ft

T/Td 10°C / -2°C

ALTIM 29.92 inHg

ELEV 4,215 FT

38.5444°N / 118.6340°W

LOCATION · Hawthorne, US

WIND

340°17 kt

KHTH · 4,215 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/17

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN050

LAYERS

FEW033 SCT042 BKN050

T / Td

10 / -2

ALTIM

29.92"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,000 ft. Brisk winds at 340°/17 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 3,300 ft, scattered at 4,200 ft, and broken at 5,000 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 KHTH 130215Z AUTO 34017KT 10SM FEW033 SCT042 BKN050 10/M02 A2992 RMK A01

KHTH · day 13 at 02:15 UTC · wind from 340° at 17 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,300 ft · scattered layer at 4,200 ft · broken layer at 5,000 ft · temp 10°C / dewpoint -2°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 17 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

340°17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

33★ HDG 330° H17 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,250'

28 HDG 280° H9 kt X15 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

10 HDG 100° T9 kt X15 kt LEFT —

15 HDG 150° T17 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 5,215 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 +3°C

4,600FT

+385 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,215 FT OAT+10°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT4,212 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KBAM (Battle Mountain Airport, Battle Mountain, elev 4,532 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+46%

-32%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+32%

-21%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+18%

-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. 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN050

Broken · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT042

Scattered · base 4,200 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW033

Few · base 3,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,266 ft VFR MARGIN+2,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)

14:01ZSUNRISE

19:42ZSOLAR NOON

01:22ZSUNSET

01:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:27Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:49Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 20m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE15:25Z MOONSET02:46Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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