// Station · 15m ago

PHKO

Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29.4°C / 20°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 47 FT

19.7388°N / 156.0456°W

LOCATION · Kailua-Kona, US

WIND

280°9 kt

PHKO · 47 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW045

T / Td

29 / 20

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 280°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 4,500 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 PHKO 130053Z COR 28009KT 10SM FEW045 29/20 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02940200

PHKO · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 280° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,500 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

280°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

35★ HDG 350° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 11,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

17 HDG 170° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,047 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

1,800FT

+1,753 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV47 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT86 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

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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)

FEW045

Few · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,895 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-10)

16:19ZSUNRISE

22:11ZSOLAR NOON

04:04ZSUNSET

04:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 56m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:26Z (3h 18m) DAY LENGTH11h 45m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE17:40Z MOONSET05:25Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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