// Station · 15h 55m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FZWA

Mbuji Mayi Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 100° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,000 ft

T/Td 29°C / 22°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 2,221 FT

6.1212°S / 23.5690°E

LOCATION · Mbuji Mayi, CD

WIND

100°6 kt

FZWA · 2,221 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

100°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN020

LAYERS

BKN020

T / Td

29 / 22

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,000 ft. Light winds at 100°/6 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 2,000 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR FZWA 121000Z 10006KT 9999 BKN020 29/22 Q1017 NOSIG

FZWA · day 12 at 10:00 UTC · wind from 100° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 2,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

100°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

16★ HDG 160° H3 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,558'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

34 HDG 340° T3 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 3,221 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 +18°C

4,300FT

+2,079 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,221 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT2,109 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 SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+43%

-30%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+30%

-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)

BKN020

Broken · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL16,867 ft VFR MARGIN-1,000 ft

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

04:06ZSUNRISE

10:13ZSOLAR NOON

16:19ZSUNSET

16:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:55Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:40Z (14h 45m) DAY LENGTH12h 13m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:29Z MOONSET17:42Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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