PHLI — Lihue
Lihue, HI · field elevation 152 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
PHLI current weather
MVFR ceiling 1,000–3,000 ft or visibility 3–5 statute miles
SPECI PHLI 111206Z AUTO 05007KT 10SM FEW022 BKN029 OVC048 26/22 A2996 RMK AO2 T02560217 $
- Wind
- from 050° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 2,900 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 26 °C / dewpoint 22 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,398 ft · pressure altitude 112 ft
- Observed
- 12 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 050° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 03 | 7 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 35 | 4 kt head | 5 kt from the right |
| 17 | 4 kt tail | 5 kt from the left |
| 21 | 7 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
16 within 20 nm, closest 7 nm. Last image 27 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF PHLI 111129Z 1112/1212 04012KT P6SM VCSH SCT020 BKN035
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 21.97598, -159.33896
- Elevation
- 152 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1614Z / 0511Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 11° (1990)
- Fuel
- 100,A
- Sectional
- Hawaiian Islands
- County
- Kauai, HI
Airport diagram
Everything else PHLI publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 6,500 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
| 17/35 | 6,500 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| H1 | 40 | 40 | CONC | — |
| H2 | 40 | 40 | CONC | — |
| H3 | 40 | 40 | CONC | — |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 127.2
- Tower 0600-2200
- 118.9
- Ground
- 121.9
- Clearance CTC HCF WHEN LIH TWR CLSD AND UNABLE 126.5/269.4
- 134.0
- CTAF
- 118.9
- Approach CTC HCF WHEN LIH TWR CLSD AND UNABLE 126.5/269.4
- 134.0
Published procedures
- 8 approaches — LD, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP), VOR
- 3 departures published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the PHLI airport diagram or an approach plate
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- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.