// Station · 1h 1m ago · STALE

PHLI

Lihue Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 070° / 20 kt G28

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,700 ft

T/Td 22.8°C / 18.3°C

ALTIM 30.10 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 153 FT

21.9744°N / 159.3372°W

LOCATION · Lihue, Kauai, US

WIND

070°20 kt

PHLI · 153 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/20G28

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN047

LAYERS

BKN047 OVC055

T / Td

23 / 18

ALTIM

30.10"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,700 ft. Strong winds at 070°/20 kt, gusting 28, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 4,700 ft, and overcast at 5,500 ft. Reported weather: -RA. 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 271053Z AUTO 07020G28KT 10SM -RA BKN047 OVC055 23/18 A3010 RMK AO2 PK WND 08028/1045 RAB01 SLP188 P0000 T02280183 TSNO

PHLI · day 27 at 10:53 UTC · wind from 070° at 20 kt, gusts to 28 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 4,700 ft · overcast at 5,500 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.10" Hg · weather: -RA · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 20 ktG28

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

070°20G28 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

03★ HDG 030° H15 kt X13 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,500'

35 HDG 350° H3 kt X20 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 71%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

17 HDG 170° T3 kt X20 kt LEFT —

21 HDG 210° T15 kt X13 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 +8°C

900FT

+747 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV153 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT-30 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 MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC055

Overcast · base 5,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN047

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

// Computed

CEILING4,700 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL11,668 ft VFR MARGIN+1,700 ft

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

15:55ZSUNRISE

22:35ZSOLAR NOON

05:16ZSUNSET

05:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 21m VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:40Z (17h 45m) DAY LENGTH13h 20m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE00:40Z MOONSET14:01Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

PHBK

VFR

Barking Sands Airport · Kekaha

WIND: 070° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 25 NM W
AGE: 1h 3m ago

PHJR

VFR

Kalaeloa Airport · Kapolei

WIND: 030° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT065
DIST: 81 NM SE
AGE: 1h 1m ago

PHNL

VFR

Daniel K. Inouye International Airport · Honolulu, Oahu

WIND: 060° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN060
DIST: 88 NM SE
AGE: 1h 1m ago

PHNG

VFR → MVFR 13Z

Kaneohe Bay MCAS (Marion E. Carl Field) Airport · Kaneohe

WIND: 060° / 14 ktG23
VIS: 7.0 SM
CEILING: BKN065
DIST: 93 NM E
AGE: 57m ago

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