// Station · 4m ago

KHZE

Mercer County Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 8,500 ft

T/Td 25°C / 14°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 1,814 FT

47.2899°N / 101.5810°W

LOCATION · Hazen, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KHZE · 1,814 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN085

LAYERS

FEW049 SCT070 BKN085

T / Td

25 / 14

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,500 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 4,900 ft, scattered at 7,000 ft, and broken at 8,500 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). 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 KHZE 290115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA FEW049 SCT070 BKN085 25/14 A2983 RMK AO2

KHZE · day 29 at 01:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,900 ft · scattered layer at 7,000 ft · broken layer at 8,500 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// 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 2 ends

15 HDG 150° —CALM —— 4,999'

33 HDG 330° —CALM —— 4,999'

Pattern altitude: 2,814 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 +14°C

3,600FT

+1,786 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,814 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT1,903 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KGRN (Gordon Municipal Airport, Gordon, elev 3,562 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+36%

-25%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+25%

-16%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-11%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN085

Broken · base 8,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT070

Scattered · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW049

Few · base 4,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL14,440 ft VFR MARGIN+5,500 ft

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

12:01ZSUNRISE

18:49ZSOLAR NOON

01:36ZSUNSET

02:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17m VFR NIGHT BEGINS02:08Z (49m) DAY LENGTH13h 35m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:48Z MOONSET14:23Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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