// Station · 19m ago

KHVN

Tweed New Haven Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24.4°C / 16.7°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 12 FT

41.2629°N / 72.8877°W

LOCATION · New Haven, US

WIND

030°8 kt

KHVN · 12 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW120

T / Td

24 / 17

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 030°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 12,000 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 KHVN 111253Z 03008KT 10SM FEW120 24/17 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02440167 $

KHVN · day 11 at 12:53 UTC · wind from 030° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 12,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1014.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

030°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

02★ HDG 020° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,600'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

20 HDG 200° T8 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,012 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 +9°C

1,100FT

+1,088 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -700 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV12 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT-41 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KOXC (Waterbury Oxford Airport, Oxford, elev 726 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

FEW120

Few · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,335 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

09:29ZSUNRISE

16:58ZSOLAR NOON

00:26ZSUNSET

00:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT13:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:59Z (11h 47m) DAY LENGTH14h 57m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE06:51Z MOONSET21:48Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

KBDR

VFR

Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport · Bridgeport

WIND: 040° / 8 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN120
DIST: 12 NM SW
AGE: 20m ago

KMMK

VFR

Meriden Markham Municipal Airport · Meriden

WIND: VRB / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN100
DIST: 15 NM N
AGE: 19m ago

KOXC

VFR

Waterbury Oxford Airport · Oxford

WIND: 030° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN055
DIST: 17 NM NW
AGE: 16m ago

KSNC

VFR

Chester Airport · Chester

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW060
DIST: 19 NM NE
AGE: 17m ago

K4B8

VFR

Robertson Field · Plainville

WIND: 020° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 26 NM N
AGE: 17m ago

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