// Station · 3d ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FZRF

Kalemie Airport

CAT IFR

WIND CALM

VIS 1.9 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26°C / 18°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 2,569 FT

5.8756°S / 29.2500°E

LOCATION · Kalemie, CD

WIND

000°0 kt

FZRF · 2,569 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 07Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

1.9 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW013

T / Td

26 / 18

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — visibility 1.9 SM. Winds calm, visibility 1.9 SM, a few at 1,300 ft. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR FZRF 220700Z 00000KT 3000 HZ FEW013 26/18 Q1022 NOSIG

FZRF · day 22 at 07:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 1.9 SM · a few clouds at 1,300 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg · weather: haze (HZ)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 5,741'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 5,741'

Pattern altitude: 3,569 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 +16°C

4,200FT

+1,631 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,569 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT2,309 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FZQA (Lubumbashi International Airport, Lubumbashi, elev 4,295 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+42%

-29%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+29%

-19%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+17%

-13%

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)

FEW013

Few · base 1,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,700 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:07ZSUNRISE

10:06ZSOLAR NOON

16:05ZSUNSET

16:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:26Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 57m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:11Z MOONSET02:09Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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