// Station · 11m ago

KHUL

Houlton International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21.1°C / 11.1°C

ALTIM 29.93 inHg

ELEV 489 FT

46.1231°N / 67.7921°W

LOCATION · Houlton, US

WIND

340°9 kt

KHUL · 489 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW041

T / Td

21 / 11

ALTIM

29.93"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 340°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,100 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 111353Z AUTO 34009KT 10SM FEW041 21/11 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP134 T02110111

KHUL · day 11 at 13:53 UTC · wind from 340° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,100 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

340°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

01★ HDG 010° H8 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,700'

05 HDG 050° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

23 HDG 230° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

19 HDG 190° T8 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

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 +7°C

1,300FT

+811 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV489 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT477 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 MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

FEW041

Few · base 4,100 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,146 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

08:52ZSUNRISE

16:37ZSOLAR NOON

00:23ZSUNSET

01:00ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 18m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:00Z (10h 56m) DAY LENGTH15h 31m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE06:15Z MOONSET21:47Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 60 NM radius

KPQI

VFR → MVFR 08Z

Presque Isle International Airport · Presque Isle

WIND: 350° / 14 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW043
DIST: 36 NM N
AGE: 8m ago

KCAR

VFR

Caribou Municipal Airport · Caribou

WIND: 310° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT038
DIST: 46 NM N
AGE: 10m ago

KMLT

LIFR

Millinocket Municipal Airport · Millinocket

WIND: 310° / 5 kt
VIS: 0.75 SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 47 NM SW
AGE: 2m ago

CYFC

VFR

Fredericton International Airport · Fredericton

WIND: 300° / 7 ktG16
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 55 NM E
AGE: 1h 4m ago

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