// Station · 1h 11m ago · STALE

HBBA

Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 12 kt

VIS 5.6 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 21°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 2,582 FT

3.3240°S / 29.3185°E

LOCATION · Bujumbura, BI

WIND

180°12 kt

HBBA · 2,582 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/12

VIS

5.6 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW025

T / Td

28 / 21

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 180°/12 kt. Visibility 5.6 SM and a few at 2,500 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 HBBA 251700Z 18012KT 9000 FEW025 28/21 Q1014 NOSIG

HBBA · day 25 at 17:00 UTC · wind from 180° at 12 kt · visibility 5.6 SM · a few clouds at 2,500 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 12 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

180°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17★ HDG 170° H12 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 11,811'

20 HDG 200° H11 kt X4 kt LEFT —

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

02 HDG 020° T11 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

35 HDG 350° T12 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 3,582 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

4,700FT

+2,118 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,582 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT2,559 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at HBBO (Kirundo Airport, Kirundo, elev 4,511 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+47%

-33%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+33%

-21%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+19%

-14%

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)

FEW025

Few · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,723 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:05ZSUNRISE

10:06ZSOLAR NOON

16:07ZSUNSET

16:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:28Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 01m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:11Z MOONSET02:13Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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