// Station · 49m ago

HBBA

Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 4 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 2,582 FT

3.3240°S / 29.3185°E

LOCATION · Bujumbura, BI

WIND

180°4 kt

HBBA · 2,582 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/4

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW025

T / Td

29 / 19

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 180°/4 kt. Visibility 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 270900Z 18004KT 9999 FEW025TCU 29/19 Q1018 NOSIG

HBBA · day 27 at 09:00 UTC · wind from 180° at 4 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,500 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

180°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 11,811'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 11,811'

02 HDG 020° —CALM —— —

20 HDG 200° —CALM —— —

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 +19°C

4,700FT

+2,118 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV2,582 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT2,440 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.

// 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 LEVEL17,228 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:02ZSUNRISE

10:01ZSOLAR NOON

15:59ZSUNSET

16:21ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:49Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:21Z (6h 32m) DAY LENGTH11h 56m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE12:43Z MOONSET00:40Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 1 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

HRYR

VFR

Kigali International Airport · Kigali

WIND: 160° / 7 kt
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: SCT023
DIST: 95 NM NE
AGE: 19m ago

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