// Station · 10h 8m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FZQA

Lubumbashi International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 31°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 4,295 FT

11.5915°S / 27.5308°E

LOCATION · Lubumbashi, CD

WIND

090°5 kt

FZQA · 4,295 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

31 / 15

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 090°/5 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 FZQA 121500Z 09005KT 9999 FEW020 31/15 Q1016 NOSIG

FZQA · day 12 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 090° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 31°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

090°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,623'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T5 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 5,295 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 +24°C

7,100FT

+2,805 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,295 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+24°C PRESSURE ALT4,213 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 7,100 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,805 ft above FZQA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+71%

-50%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+50%

-32%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+28%

-21%

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 LEVEL19,952 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:47ZSUNRISE

09:57ZSOLAR NOON

16:07ZSUNSET

16:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:28Z (15h 19m) DAY LENGTH12h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:08Z MOONSET17:28Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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