// Station · 10m ago

KHYS

Hays Regional Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 060° / 12 kt

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 800 ft

T/Td 22°C / 21°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

WX -RA BR

ELEV 1,999 FT

38.8445°N / 99.2732°W

LOCATION · Hays, US

WIND

060°12 kt

KHYS · 1,999 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/12

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

BKN008

LAYERS

BKN008

T / Td

22 / 21

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 800 ft. Moderate winds at 060°/12 kt, visibility 6.0 SM, broken at 800 ft. Reported weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI KHYS 251609Z AUTO 06012KT 6SM -RA BR BKN008 22/21 A3012 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S AND SW RAB06 P0000 $

KHYS · day 25 at 16:09 UTC · wind from 060° at 12 kt · visibility 6.0 SM · broken layer at 800 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg · weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 12 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

060°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

04★ HDG 040° H11 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,501'

34 HDG 340° H2 kt X12 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

16 HDG 160° T2 kt X12 kt LEFT —

22 HDG 220° T11 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,999 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

3,100FT

+1,101 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,999 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT1,795 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at K36K (Kearny County Airport, Lakin, elev 3,077 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+31%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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)

BKN008

Broken · base 800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,110 ft VFR MARGIN-2,200 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:01ZSUNRISE

18:40ZSOLAR NOON

01:20ZSUNSET

01:47ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 00m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:47Z (9h 28m) DAY LENGTH13h 18m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:03Z MOONSET11:22Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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