HNS Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

Haines Airport, Haines, AK · PAHN

Current weather at Haines Airport in Haines, AK (IATA HNS, ICAO PAHN): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind 080° at 12 kt, gusting 20 kt. Below are the latest METAR and TAF from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center, decoded into plain English, and the headwind and crosswind on each runway.

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Current conditions (METAR)

VFRObserved at 15:54Z on Nov 5, 30 minutes ago

Wind: from the east (080° true) at 12 knots, gusting 20 knots.
Visibility: 10 miles or more.
Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
Clouds: few clouds at 1,100 ft, scattered clouds at 4,400 ft, overcast at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft above the ground.
Temperature: 7°C (44°F), dew point 4°C (40°F).
Altimeter: 29.40 inHg (996 hPa).

METAR PAHN 051554Z AUTO 08012G20KT 10SM FEW011 SCT044 OVC075 07/04 A2940 RMK AO2 RAB38E48 SLP959 P0000 T00670044 TSNO $

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 080° at 12 kt, gusting 20 kt. Headings are true, as METAR winds are; the most-headwind runway ends are marked, among runways at least half as long as the longest.

Runway	Heading (true)	Headwind	Crosswind	Length
08 Most headwind	110°	10 kt (gusts 17)	6 kt from the left (gusts 10)	4,000 ft
26	290°	Tailwind 10 kt (gusts tail 17)	6 kt from the right (gusts 10)	4,000 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Nov 5 12:22Z, valid Nov 5 12:00Z to Nov 6 12:00Z

TAF PAHN 051222Z 0512/0612 09010G20KT P6SM -SHRA OVC010 TEMPO 0512/0516 OVC009 FM051600 08007KT P6SM -SHRA BKN020 OVC040 FM052100 35010KT 6SM -RA BR SCT015 OVC025 FM060300 34008KT 5SM -RA BR OVC015 FM061000 09007KT 4SM -RA BR OVC010 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND

Nov 5 12:00Z to 16:00Z
Wind 090° at 10 kt, gusting 20 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; light rain showers; overcast at 1,000 ft.
Temporarily, Nov 5 12:00Z to 16:00Z
Overcast at 900 ft.
From Nov 5 16:00Z (until 21:00Z)
Wind 080° at 7 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; light rain showers; broken clouds at 2,000 ft, overcast at 4,000 ft.
From Nov 5 21:00Z (until Nov 6 03:00Z)
Wind 350° at 10 kt; visibility 6 miles; light rain, mist; scattered clouds at 1,500 ft, overcast at 2,500 ft.
From Nov 6 03:00Z (until 10:00Z)
Wind 340° at 8 kt; visibility 5 miles; light rain, mist; overcast at 1,500 ft.
From Nov 6 10:00Z (until 12:00Z)
Wind 090° at 7 kt; visibility 4 miles; light rain, mist; overcast at 1,000 ft.

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Times are UTC (Z); the time after a slash is the local time at the airport. Weather and runway data come from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov) and are refreshed here every few minutes; the plain-English summaries are generated by cwsi.net and may simplify, so the raw METAR and TAF are authoritative. Runway headings are true, worked out from NOAA's runway alignment. cwsi.net is not affiliated with NOAA or the FAA: get an official weather briefing before flight.