// Station · 5h 7m ago · STALE

LPHR

Horta Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 010° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 17°C / 11°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 118 FT

38.5199°N / 28.7159°W

LOCATION · Horta, PT

WIND

010°9 kt

LPHR · 118 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

010°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW018

T / Td

17 / 11

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 010°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,800 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 LPHR 122000Z 01009KT 9999 FEW018 17/11 Q1022

LPHR · day 12 at 20:00 UTC · wind from 010° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 010° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 0 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

010°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

10★ HDG 100° H0 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,233'

28 HDG 280° H0 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

Pattern altitude: 1,118 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 +2°C

100FT

-18 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV118 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT-142 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at LPPI (Pico Airport, Pico Island, elev 109 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+1%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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)

FEW018

Few · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL8,704 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-2)

08:01ZSUNRISE

13:42ZSOLAR NOON

19:23ZSUNSET

19:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:49Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 21m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE09:22Z MOONSET20:44Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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