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// KLHQ · Fairfield County Airport · Lancaster

// Station · 32m ago

KLHQ

Fairfield County Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 050° / 4 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 20°C / 15.6°C
ALTIM 30.17 inHg
ELEV 868 FT
39.7556°N / 82.6571°W
LOCATION · Lancaster, US
N
WIND
050°4 kt
KLHQ · 868 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 02Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
050°/4
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
—
 
 
 
T / Td
20 / 16
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.17"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 050°/4 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KLHQ 290253Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP210 T02000156 51016

KLHQ · day 29 at 02:53 UTC · wind from 050° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 20°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.17" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1021.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 4 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
050°4 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 +6°C

1,400FT
+532 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV868 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT614 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KMFD (Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, Mansfield, elev 1,297 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+14%
-10%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+10%
-6%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+6%
-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. 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 · clear · no layers reported

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 10,969 FT KLHQ ELEV · 868 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL10,969 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

10:56ZSUNRISE
17:33ZSOLAR NOON
00:10ZSUNSET
00:38ZCIVIL END
CURRENT03:25Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:38Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 14m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE23:47Z MOONSET13:01Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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