// Station · 10m ago

KHTS

Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field

CAT LIFR

WIND 170° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 300 ft

T/Td 23.9°C / 22.8°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 828 FT

38.3667°N / 82.5580°W

LOCATION · Huntington, US

WIND

170°4 kt

KHTS · 828 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN003

LAYERS

BKN003 BKN075 BKN100

T / Td

24 / 23

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 300 ft. Light winds at 170°/4 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 300 ft, broken at 7,500 ft, and broken at 10,000 ft. Reported weather: -RA. Reported weather: -RA. 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

SPECI KHTS 111412Z 17004KT 10SM -RA BKN003 BKN075 BKN100 24/23 A3003 RMK AO2 RAB00 P0000 T02390228

KHTS · day 11 at 14:12 UTC · wind from 170° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 300 ft · broken layer at 7,500 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · weather: -RA · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// 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 2 ends

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 7,017'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 7,017'

Pattern altitude: 1,828 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 +10°C

2,000FT

+1,172 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV828 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT716 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KEKN (Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport, Elkins, elev 1,987 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-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.

// Cloud layers · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN100

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

BKN075

Broken · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN003

Broken · base 300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,899 ft VFR MARGIN-2,700 ft

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

10:16ZSUNRISE

17:36ZSOLAR NOON

00:56ZSUNSET

01:27ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 34m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:27Z (11h 05m) DAY LENGTH14h 39m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE07:41Z MOONSET22:20Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 3 shown · 60 NM radius

KDWU

IFR

Ashland Regional Airport · Worthington

WIND: 120° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN009
DIST: 14 NM NW
AGE: 26m ago

KPMH

LIFR

Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport · Portsmouth

WIND: 170° / 2 kt
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: BKN004
DIST: 32 NM NW
AGE: 6m ago

K6L4

VFR

Logan County Airport · Logan

WIND: CALM
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: FEW003
DIST: 43 NM SE
AGE: 7m ago

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