// Station · 17m ago

YHID

Horn Island Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 13 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 9,100 ft

T/Td 25°C / 22°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 43 FT

10.5856°S / 142.2928°E

LOCATION · Horn, AU

WIND

130°13 kt

YHID · 43 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/13

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC091

LAYERS

FEW015 OVC091

T / Td

25 / 22

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 9,100 ft. Brisk winds at 130°/13 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,500 ft, and overcast at 9,100 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 YHID 251600Z AUTO 13013KT 9999 // FEW015 OVC091 25/22 Q1016

YHID · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 130° at 13 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · overcast at 9,100 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 13 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

130°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H13 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,052'

08 HDG 080° H8 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 77%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

26 HDG 260° T8 kt X10 kt LEFT —

32 HDG 320° T13 kt X2 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 loading…

FIELD ELEV43 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT-39 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 MODERATE

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. 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC091

Overcast · base 9,100 ft AGL · 8 oktas

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING9,100 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,669 ft VFR MARGIN+6,100 ft

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

20:38ZSUNRISE

02:34ZSOLAR NOON

08:29ZSUNSET

08:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 11m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:51Z (16h 33m) DAY LENGTH11h 50m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:41Z MOONSET18:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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