// Station · 3h 23m ago · STALE

MHCA

Catacamas Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 22°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 1,273 FT

14.9170°N / 85.9000°W

LOCATION · Catacamas, HN

WIND

130°9 kt

MHCA · 1,273 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT030 FEW032 SCT070

T / Td

28 / 22

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 130°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 3,000 ft, a few at 3,200 ft, and scattered at 7,000 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 MHCA 290000Z 13009KT 9999 SCT030TCU FEW032CB SCT070 28/22 Q1015 A2997

MHCA · day 29 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 130° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 3,000 ft · a few clouds at 3,200 ft · scattered layer at 7,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

130°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H5 kt X8 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,075'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T4 kt X8 kt LEFT —

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 +15°C

3,100FT

+1,827 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,273 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT1,220 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at MHGS (Celaque Gracias Airport, Gracias, elev 2,995 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+31%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT070

Scattered · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW032

Few · base 3,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

SCT030

Scattered · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~56% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,414 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:32ZSUNRISE

17:46ZSOLAR NOON

00:00ZSUNSET

00:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:22Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 27m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:23Z MOONSET12:51Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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