// Station · 22m ago

PHLI

Lihue Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 060° / 15 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26.7°C / 22.8°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 153 FT

21.9744°N / 159.3372°W

LOCATION · Lihue, Kauai, US

WIND

060°15 kt

PHLI · 153 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/15

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW024 SCT034 SCT047

T / Td

27 / 23

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 060°/15 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 2,400 ft, scattered at 3,400 ft, and scattered 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 PHLI 251753Z 06015KT 10SM FEW024 SCT034 SCT047 27/23 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02670228 10272 20256 53014 $

PHLI · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · wind from 060° at 15 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,400 ft · scattered layer at 3,400 ft · scattered layer at 4,700 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 15 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

060°15 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

03★ HDG 030° H13 kt X7 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,500'

35 HDG 350° H5 kt X14 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 93%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

17 HDG 170° T5 kt X14 kt LEFT —

21 HDG 210° T13 kt X7 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,153 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 +12°C

1,500FT

+1,347 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV153 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT50 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

+15%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT047

Scattered · base 4,700 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT034

Scattered · base 3,400 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW024

Few · base 2,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~56% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,638 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

16:19ZSUNRISE

22:40ZSOLAR NOON

05:02ZSUNSET

05:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 46m VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:24Z (11h 09m) DAY LENGTH12h 42m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE02:26Z MOONSET15:08Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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