// Station · 26m ago

KHUL

Houlton International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 22.2°C / 13.9°C

ALTIM 29.89 inHg

ELEV 489 FT

46.1231°N / 67.7921°W

LOCATION · Houlton, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KHUL · 489 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW035

T / Td

22 / 14

ALTIM

29.89"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 3,500 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 KHUL 251553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW035 22/14 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP122 T02220139

KHUL · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,500 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.89" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 5,015'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 5,015'

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 2,700'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 2,700'

Pattern altitude: 1,489 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 +8°C

1,500FT

+1,011 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV489 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT516 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K3B1 (Greenville Municipal Airport, Greenville, elev 1,401 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW035

Few · base 3,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,701 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

09:44ZSUNRISE

16:34ZSOLAR NOON

23:25ZSUNSET

23:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 05m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:56Z (7h 37m) DAY LENGTH13h 41m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE19:46Z MOONSET09:27Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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