SBR2163 returns Sky Blue Radio Airlines service from Maui back to Denver. This is a long overwater return flight with extended Pacific cruise, fuel planning considerations, and a high-elevation arrival into KDEN. Pilots should plan carefully for the departure out of PHOG due to runway length, aircraft weight, and island winds, then prepare for changing weather and busy Denver arrival flows on the mainland.
| Conditions | IFR |
| Wind | 23 kts from NNE (30°) gusts to 35 |
| Visibility | 8.69 nmi |
| Clouds | Few at 3000 feet; scattered at 4500 feet; scattered at 6000 feet |
| Temperature | 82.4 °F , dew point 66.2 °F , humidity 58% |
| Barometer | 1,014 hPa / 29.94 inHg |
| Remarks | AO2 PK WND 04035/0050 SLP142 T02780194 $ |
| Updated | 00:54 UTC (29 mins ago) |
| METAR | METAR PHOG 090054Z 03023G35KT 10SM FEW030 SCT045 SCT060 28/19 A2994 RMK AO2 PK WND 04035/0050 SLP142 T02780194 $ |
| TAF | TAF PHOG 082320Z 0900/1006 05018G31KT P6SM SCT050 BKN060 FM090500 05012KT P6SM FEW040 FM091800 06016G26KT P6SM BKN050 FM100500 03011KT P6SM FEW050 |
| Conditions | VFR |
| Wind | 7 kts from NNW (340°) |
| Visibility | 8.69 nmi |
| Clouds | Few at 22000 feet |
| Temperature | 57.2 °F , dew point 23 °F , humidity 27% |
| Barometer | 1,020 hPa / 30.13 inHg |
| Remarks | AO2 SLP175 T01391050 |
| Updated | 00:53 UTC (30 mins ago) |
| METAR | METAR KDEN 090053Z 34007KT 10SM FEW220 14/M05 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP175 T01391050 |
| TAF | TAF KDEN 082329Z 0900/1006 17009KT P6SM FEW220 FM090200 21009KT P6SM FEW220 FM091600 VRB06KT P6SM FEW220 FM092000 14008KT P6SM FEW220 FM092300 11008KT P6SM FEW220 FM100200 14009KT P6SM FEW220 |