// Station · 12m ago
KLHQ
Fairfield County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 260° / 3 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 29.4°C / 21.7°C
ALTIM 30.13 inHg
ELEV 868 FT
39.7556°N / 82.6571°W
LOCATION · Lancaster, US
WIND
260°3 kt
KLHQ · 868 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 22Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
260°/3
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
29 / 22
ALTIM
30.13"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at 260°/3 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR KLHQ 142253Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 29/22 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP195 T02940217
KLHQ · day 14 at 22:53 UTC · wind from 260° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 29°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.13" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.5 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 260° @ 3 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
260°3 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
10
HDG 100°
—CALM
——
5,003'
28
HDG 280°
—CALM
——
5,003'
Pattern altitude: 1,868 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 +16°C
2,500FT
+1,632 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +0 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV868 FT
OAT+29°C
ISA DELTA+16°C
PRESSURE ALT656 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KBKW
(Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beaver, elev 2,504 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+25%
-18%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+18%
-11%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+10%
-8%
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 · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)
10:15ZSUNRISE
17:37ZSOLAR NOON
00:59ZSUNSET
01:31ZCIVIL END
CURRENT23:05Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 54m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:31Z (2h 26m)
DAY LENGTH14h 44m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0%
MOONRISE10:23Z
MOONSET01:07Z
FULL MOON IN15 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KLCK
VFR
Rickenbacker International Airport · Columbus
- WIND
- 230° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 13 NM W
- AGE
- 10m ago
KCMH
VFR
John Glenn Columbus International Airport · Columbus
- WIND
- 210° / 7 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN250
- DIST
- 18 NM NW
- AGE
- 14m ago
KVTA
VFR
Newark Heath Airport · Newark
- WIND
- 200° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 18 NM NE
- AGE
- 11m ago
KTZR
VFR
Bolton Field · Columbus
- WIND
- 250° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 24 NM W
- AGE
- 18m ago
KRZT
VFR
Ross County Airport · Chillicothe
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 25 NM SW
- AGE
- 30m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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