// Station · 10h 16m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FZWA

Mbuji Mayi Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 190° / 4 kt

VIS 0.50 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 22°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

WX FG

ELEV 2,221 FT

6.1212°S / 23.5690°E

LOCATION · Mbuji Mayi, CD

WIND

190°4 kt

FZWA · 2,221 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/4

VIS

0.50 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT010

T / Td

25 / 22

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

LIFR — visibility 0.50 SM. Light winds at 190°/4 kt, visibility 0.50 SM, scattered at 1,000 ft. Reported weather: fog (FG). Fog is water droplets suspended at the surface with visibility under 5/8 SM; it typically burns off with daytime heating or a pickup in wind. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR FZWA 250600Z 19004KT 0800 FG SCT010 25/22 Q1015 BECMG VIS 1500 BR

FZWA · day 25 at 06:00 UTC · wind from 190° at 4 kt · visibility 0.50 SM · scattered layer at 1,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · weather: fog (FG)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

190°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 6,558'

34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 6,558'

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 +14°C

3,900FT

+1,679 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,221 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT2,168 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FZSA (Kamina Air Base, Lumwe, elev 3,543 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+39%

-27%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+27%

-18%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+16%

-12%

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)

SCT010

Scattered · base 1,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,847 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:30ZSUNRISE

10:29ZSOLAR NOON

16:28ZSUNSET

16:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:49Z (32m) DAY LENGTH11h 57m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:33Z MOONSET02:30Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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