// Station · 3h 21m ago · STALE

HDAM

Djibouti-Ambouli Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 130° / 5 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 34°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.68 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 49 FT

11.5473°N / 43.1595°E

LOCATION · Djibouti City, DJ

WIND

130°5 kt

HDAM · 49 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/5

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

34 / 25

ALTIM

29.68"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Light winds at 130°/5 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. 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 HDAM 251700Z 13005KT 8000 HZ SKC 34/25 Q1005

HDAM · day 25 at 17:00 UTC · wind from 130° at 5 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · temp 34°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.68" Hg · weather: haze (HZ)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

130°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

09★ HDG 090° H4 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,335'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

27 HDG 270° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,049 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 +20°C

2,600FT

+2,551 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV49 FT OAT+34°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT291 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,600 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,551 ft above HDAM's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+26%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-12%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL17,221 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+3)

02:58ZSUNRISE

09:11ZSOLAR NOON

15:23ZSUNSET

15:45ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:45Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 24m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:09Z MOONSET01:34Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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