PHTO — Hilo Intl
Hilo, HI · field elevation 38 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-TRACON
PHTO current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR PHTO 111153Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM FEW032 FEW043 BKN050 24/22 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP137 60000 T02390217 10267 20239 56013 TSNO
- Wind
- from 240° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 5,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 24 °C / dewpoint 22 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,079 ft · pressure altitude 18 ft
- Observed
- 19 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 240° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 4 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 26 | 3 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 08 | 3 kt tail | 2 kt from the right |
| 03 | 4 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
8 within 20 nm, closest 8 nm. Last image 3 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 PHTO 111129Z 1112/1212 VRB05KT P6SM VCSH SCT020 BKN030 FM111900 05009KT P6SM SCT030 BKN045 FM120500 VRB05KT P6SM VCSH SCT020 BKN030
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 19.72026, -155.04847
- Elevation
- 38 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
- 1559Z / 0451Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 11° (1985)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A,A+,MOGAS
- Sectional
- Hawaiian Islands
- County
- Hawaii, HI
Airport diagram
Everything else PHTO publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 9,803 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 03/21 | 5,601 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 126.4
- Tower 0600-2200
- 118.1
- Ground
- 121.9
- Clearance
- 120.25
- CTAF
- 118.1
- Approach
- 119.7
Published procedures
- 5 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 2 departures published
- 1 arrival published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the PHTO airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Hawaii airports
- 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.