// Station · 13m ago

YHID

Horn Island Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 11 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25°C / 21°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 43 FT

10.5856°S / 142.2928°E

LOCATION · Horn, AU

WIND

120°11 kt

YHID · 43 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/11

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

25 / 21

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 120°/11 kt. Visibility 6+ SM 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 YHID 111500Z AUTO 12011KT 9999 // NCD 25/21 Q1015

YHID · day 11 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 120° at 11 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 25°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 11 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

120°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H10 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,052'

08 HDG 080° H8 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 64%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

26 HDG 260° T8 kt X7 kt LEFT —

32 HDG 320° T10 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,043 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 +10°C

1,200FT

+1,157 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV43 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT-10 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YBMA (Mount Isa Airport, Mount Isa, elev 1,121 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

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.

// 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 LEVEL12,669 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+9)

20:51ZSUNRISE

02:37ZSOLAR NOON

08:23ZSUNSET

08:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:46Z (17h 32m) DAY LENGTH11h 32m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE18:17Z MOONSET05:49Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of YHID.

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