// Station · 1h 15m ago · STALE

GAGO

Gao International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 280° / 4 kt

VIS 3.1 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 37°C / 21°C

ALTIM 29.74 inHg

WX DU

ELEV 870 FT

16.2485°N / 0.0054°W

LOCATION · Gao, ML

WIND

280°4 kt

GAGO · 870 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/4

VIS

3.1 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

37 / 21

ALTIM

29.74"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 3.1 SM. Light winds at 280°/4 kt, visibility 3.1 SM, a few at 2,000 ft. Reported weather: widespread dust (DU). Widespread dust reduces visibility and signals dry, unstable, or windy conditions upstream. 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 GAGO 251700Z 28004KT 5000 DU FEW020 37/21 Q1007

GAGO · day 25 at 17:00 UTC · wind from 280° at 4 kt · visibility 3.1 SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 37°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.74" Hg · weather: widespread dust (DU)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

280°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 8,202'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 8,202'

Pattern altitude: 1,870 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

3,900FT

+3,030 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV870 FT OAT+37°C ISA DELTA+24°C PRESSURE ALT1,053 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 3,900 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +3,030 ft above GAGO's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

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)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL19,557 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+0)

05:47ZSUNRISE

12:03ZSOLAR NOON

18:20ZSUNSET

18:42ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:42Z (26m) DAY LENGTH12h 32m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:53Z MOONSET04:26Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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