// Station · 17m ago

MHCA

Catacamas Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 2 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 1,273 FT

14.9170°N / 85.9000°W

LOCATION · Catacamas, HN

WIND

VRB2 kt

MHCA · 1,273 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/2

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT026

T / Td

29 / 24

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/2 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 2,600 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 MHCA 131600Z VRB02KT 9999 SCT026 29/24 Q1015 A2997

MHCA · day 13 at 16:00 UTC · wind variable at 2 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,600 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 5,075'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 5,075'

Pattern altitude: 2,273 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

3,200FT

+1,927 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,273 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT1,220 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at MHTG (Toncontín Airport, Tegucigalpa, elev 3,294 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+32%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+13%

-10%

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)

SCT026

Scattered · base 2,600 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,919 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:35ZSUNRISE

17:30ZSOLAR NOON

23:26ZSUNSET

23:47ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 08m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:47Z (7h 29m) DAY LENGTH11h 50m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION6% MOONRISE13:27Z MOONSET01:17Z FULL MOON IN12 days

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