// Station · 16m ago

YBHM

Hamilton Island Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 400 ft

T/Td 20°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 15 FT

20.3581°S / 148.9520°E

LOCATION · Hamilton Island, AU

WIND

000°0 kt

YBHM · 15 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN004

LAYERS

BKN004

T / Td

20 / 19

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 400 ft. Winds calm, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 400 ft. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI YBHM 251602Z AUTO 00000KT 9999 // BKN004 20/19 Q1020

YBHM · day 25 at 16:02 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 400 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// 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 2 ends

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 5,591'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 5,591'

Pattern altitude: 1,015 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 +5°C

400FT

+385 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV15 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT-186 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YJLC (Julia Creek Airport, elev 404 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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)

BKN004

Broken · base 400 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING400 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL10,116 ft VFR MARGIN-2,600 ft

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

20:20ZSUNRISE

02:07ZSOLAR NOON

07:55ZSUNSET

08:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 36m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:17Z (15h 58m) DAY LENGTH11h 35m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:22Z MOONSET17:57Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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