// Station · 2d ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FQMA

Maputo Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 230° / 14 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.21 inHg

ELEV 145 FT

25.9208°S / 32.5726°E

LOCATION · Maputo, MZ

WIND

230°14 kt

FQMA · 145 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/14

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

20 / 10

ALTIM

30.21"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 230°/14 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 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 FQMA 230300Z 23014KT 9999 FEW020 20/10 Q1023 NOSIG

FQMA · day 23 at 03:00 UTC · wind from 230° at 14 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.21" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 14 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

230°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

23★ HDG 230° H14 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 12,008'

28 HDG 280° H9 kt X11 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 79%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

10 HDG 100° T9 kt X11 kt RIGHT —

05 HDG 050° T14 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,145 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 +5°C

400FT

+255 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV145 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT-144 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FQXA (Xai-Xai Chongoene Airport, Xai-Xai, elev 291 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,246 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+2)

04:10ZSUNRISE

09:53ZSOLAR NOON

15:35ZSUNSET

15:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:59Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 24m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:14Z MOONSET01:39Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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