// Station · 11m ago

KHUL

Houlton International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 020° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,000 ft

T/Td 2.8°C / 1.1°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

ELEV 489 FT

46.1231°N / 67.7921°W

LOCATION · Houlton, US

WIND

020°9 kt

KHUL · 489 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

020°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN050

LAYERS

FEW029 BKN050

T / Td

3 / 1

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,000 ft. Moderate winds at 020°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 2,900 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 KHUL 130153Z AUTO 02009KT 10SM FEW029 BKN050 03/01 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP156 T00280011

KHUL · day 13 at 01:53 UTC · wind from 020° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,900 ft · broken layer at 5,000 ft · temp 3°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 020° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

020°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

01★ HDG 010° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 2,700'

05 HDG 050° H8 kt X4 kt LEFT 5,015'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

23 HDG 230° T8 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

19 HDG 190° T9 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 -11°C

-900FT

-1,389 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV489 FT OAT+3°C ISA DELTA-11°C PRESSURE ALT427 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -900 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -1,389 ft above KHUL's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN050

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

FEW029

Few · base 2,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL1,903 ft VFR MARGIN+2,000 ft

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

10:45ZSUNRISE

16:18ZSOLAR NOON

21:52ZSUNSET

22:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:22Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 07m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE12:07Z MOONSET23:15Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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