// Station · 18m ago

PHTO

Hilo International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26.1°C / 22.2°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 38 FT

19.7214°N / 155.0454°W

LOCATION · Hilo, US

WIND

000°0 kt

PHTO · 38 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT027 SCT032 SCT044

T / Td

26 / 22

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 2,700 ft, scattered at 3,200 ft, and scattered at 4,400 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 PHTO 251753Z 00000KT 10SM SCT027 SCT032 SCT044 26/22 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02610222 10261 20233 51016

PHTO · day 25 at 17:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 2,700 ft · scattered layer at 3,200 ft · scattered layer at 4,400 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 9,800'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 9,800'

03 HDG 030° —CALM —— 5,600'

21 HDG 210° —CALM —— 5,600'

Pattern altitude: 1,038 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 +11°C

1,300FT

+1,262 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV38 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT-65 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

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

SCT044

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

SCT032

Scattered · base 3,200 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT027

Scattered · base 2,700 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~56% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,220 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

16:04ZSUNRISE

22:23ZSOLAR NOON

04:42ZSUNSET

05:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 30m VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:05Z (10h 53m) DAY LENGTH12h 38m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE02:10Z MOONSET14:49Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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