// Station · 8m ago

KMHT

Manchester-Boston Regional Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 5,000 ft

T/Td 25°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 266 FT

42.9326°N / 71.4357°W

LOCATION · Manchester, US

WIND

290°9 kt

KMHT · 266 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC050

LAYERS

SCT036 OVC050

T / Td

25 / 13

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,000 ft. Moderate winds at 290°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 3,600 ft, and overcast at 5,000 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 KMHT 251653Z 29009KT 10SM SCT036 OVC050 25/13 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP138 T02500133 $

KMHT · day 25 at 16:53 UTC · wind from 290° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 3,600 ft · overcast at 5,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

290°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

24★ HDG 240° H6 kt X7 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,651'

35 HDG 350° H5 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

17 HDG 170° T4 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

06 HDG 060° T6 kt X7 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,266 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

1,500FT

+1,234 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV266 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT272 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KERR (Errol Airport, Errol, elev 1,245 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+15%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC050

Overcast · base 5,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT036

Scattered · base 3,600 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,892 ft VFR MARGIN+2,000 ft

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

10:03ZSUNRISE

16:49ZSOLAR NOON

23:34ZSUNSET

00:04ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 33m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:04Z (7h 03m) DAY LENGTH13h 30m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE20:07Z MOONSET09:38Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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