// Station · 15m ago

PHLI

Lihue Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 8 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 27.8°C / 21.7°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 153 FT

21.9744°N / 159.3372°W

LOCATION · Lihue, Kauai, US

WIND

050°8 kt

PHLI · 153 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/8

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 22

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 050°/8 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. 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 130053Z 05008KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02780217 $

PHLI · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 050° at 8 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

050°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

03★ HDG 030° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,500'

35 HDG 350° H4 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

17 HDG 170° T4 kt X7 kt LEFT —

21 HDG 210° T8 kt X3 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 +13°C

1,700FT

+1,547 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV153 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT130 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

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL14,193 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

16:33ZSUNRISE

22:24ZSOLAR NOON

04:16ZSUNSET

04:38ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 07m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:38Z (3h 30m) DAY LENGTH11h 42m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE17:54Z MOONSET05:37Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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