// Station · 11m ago

MHLC

Golosón International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 12 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 32°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 39 FT

15.7425°N / 86.8530°W

LOCATION · La Ceiba, HN

WIND

050°12 kt

MHLC · 39 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/12

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

FEW030 BKN080

T / Td

32 / 25

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Moderate winds at 050°/12 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 3,000 ft, and broken at 8,000 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 MHLC 251800Z 05012KT 9999 FEW030 BKN080 32/25 Q1013 A2991 NOSIG

MHLC · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 050° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 12 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

050°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H11 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,875'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T11 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,039 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 +17°C

2,100FT

+2,061 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV39 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT45 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at MHSC (Palmerola International Airport, Palmerola, elev 2,061 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL16,201 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

11:35ZSUNRISE

17:51ZSOLAR NOON

00:06ZSUNSET

00:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:28Z (6h 16m) DAY LENGTH12h 31m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:41Z MOONSET10:13Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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