// Station · 19m ago

FQPB

Pemba Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27°C / 18°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 331 FT

12.9933°S / 40.5249°E

LOCATION · Pemba, MZ

WIND

—calm

FQPB · 331 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

27 / 18

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. 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 FQPB 111400Z /////KT 9999 FEW020 BKN/// 27/18 Q1017

FQPB · day 11 at 14:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

CALMcalm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 5,905'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 5,905'

Pattern altitude: 1,331 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 +12°C

1,700FT

+1,369 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV331 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT219 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FQNP (Nampula Airport, Nampula, elev 1,444 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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.

// 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 LEVEL13,967 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+3)

03:42ZSUNRISE

09:24ZSOLAR NOON

15:06ZSUNSET

15:29ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING46m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:29Z (1h 09m) DAY LENGTH11h 24m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE01:06Z MOONSET12:30Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 1 shown · 150 NM (sparse area)

FQNP

MVFR → VFR 22Z

Nampula Airport · Nampula

WIND: 090° / 5 kt
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: BKN020
DIST: 146 NM SW
AGE: 19m ago

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