// Station · 16m ago

PHBK

Barking Sands Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 330° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,700 ft

T/Td 28.3°C / 21.1°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 23 FT

22.0228°N / 159.7850°W

LOCATION · Kekaha, US

WIND

330°5 kt

PHBK · 23 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN047

LAYERS

BKN047

T / Td

28 / 21

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,700 ft. Light winds at 330°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 4,700 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 PHBK 130051Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM BKN047 28/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02830211

PHBK · day 13 at 00:51 UTC · wind from 330° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 4,700 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

330°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

34★ HDG 340° H5 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,002'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

16 HDG 160° T5 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,023 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 +13°C

1,600FT

+1,577 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV23 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT29 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PHNY (Lanai Airport, Lanai City, elev 1,308 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN047

Broken · base 4,700 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,700 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,316 ft VFR MARGIN+1,700 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-11)

16:35ZSUNRISE

22:26ZSOLAR NOON

04:18ZSUNSET

04:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:40Z (3h 32m) DAY LENGTH11h 42m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE17:56Z MOONSET05:39Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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