// Station · 19m ago

KHTH

Hawthorne Industrial Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 27°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.17 inHg

ELEV 4,215 FT

38.5444°N / 118.6340°W

LOCATION · Hawthorne, US

WIND

200°6 kt

KHTH · 4,215 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

BKN100

T / Td

27 / 13

ALTIM

30.17"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Light winds at 200°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 10,000 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 142335Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM BKN100 27/13 A3017 RMK A01

KHTH · day 14 at 23:35 UTC · wind from 200° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.17" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

200°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

15★ HDG 150° H4 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,250'

28 HDG 280° H1 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

10 HDG 100° T1 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

33 HDG 330° T4 kt X5 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 +20°C

6,300FT

+2,085 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV4,215 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT3,961 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KELY (Ely Airport Yelland Field, Ely, elev 6,259 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+63%

-44%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+44%

-28%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+25%

-19%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL17,851 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

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

12:42ZSUNRISE

20:01ZSOLAR NOON

03:20ZSUNSET

03:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:51Z (3h 56m) DAY LENGTH14h 37m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE12:52Z MOONSET03:29Z FULL MOON IN15 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of KHTH.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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