// Station · 6h 10m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

HTBU

Bukoba Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27°C / 18°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 3,784 FT

1.3320°S / 31.8212°E

LOCATION · Bukoba, TZ

WIND

160°5 kt

HTBU · 3,784 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW028

T / Td

27 / 18

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,800 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 HTBU 251200Z 16005KT 9999 FEW028 27/18 Q1018 NOSIG

HTBU · day 25 at 12:00 UTC · wind from 160° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,800 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

160°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

13★ HDG 130° H4 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,535'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T4 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 4,784 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

5,900FT

+2,116 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,784 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT3,642 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at HTSU (Sumbawanga Airport, Sumbawanga, elev 5,960 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+59%

-41%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+41%

-27%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+24%

-18%

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)

FEW028

Few · base 2,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL17,420 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:54ZSUNRISE

09:56ZSOLAR NOON

15:58ZSUNSET

16:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:19Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 04m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:00Z MOONSET02:05Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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