// Station · 3h 46m ago · STALE

HTDO

Dodoma Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21°C / 14°C

ALTIM 30.21 inHg

ELEV 3,673 FT

6.1706°S / 35.7560°E

LOCATION · Dodoma, TZ

WIND

130°8 kt

HTDO · 3,673 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW023

T / Td

21 / 14

ALTIM

30.21"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 130°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,300 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 HTDO 251830Z 13008KT 9999 FEW023 21/14 Q1023 NOSIG

HTDO · day 25 at 18:30 UTC · wind from 130° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,300 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.21" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

130°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

10★ HDG 100° H7 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,700'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

28 HDG 280° T7 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 4,673 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 +13°C

4,900FT

+1,227 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,673 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT3,384 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at HTIR (Iringa Airport, Nduli, elev 4,678 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+49%

-34%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+34%

-22%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+20%

-15%

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)

FEW023

Few · base 2,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,279 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:41ZSUNRISE

09:40ZSOLAR NOON

15:39ZSUNSET

16:00ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:00Z (17h 43m) DAY LENGTH11h 57m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE13:56Z MOONSET01:53Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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