// Station · 17m ago

YLHI

Lord Howe Island Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 16°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 5 FT

31.5382°S / 159.0755°E

LOCATION · Lord Howe Island, AU

WIND

030°8 kt

YLHI · 5 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW115

T / Td

16 / 10

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 030°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 11,500 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 YLHI 111500Z AUTO 03008KT 9999 // FEW115 16/10 Q1017

YLHI · day 11 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 030° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 11,500 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

030°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

10★ HDG 100° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,906'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

28 HDG 280° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,005 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 +1°C

-0FT

-5 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV5 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT-107 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at YBNA (Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, Ballina, elev 7 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW115

Few · base 11,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER11,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL8,086 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

20:23ZSUNRISE

01:30ZSOLAR NOON

06:37ZSUNSET

07:03ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 19m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:03Z (15h 46m) DAY LENGTH10h 13m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE17:49Z MOONSET04:03Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of YLHI.

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