// Station · 17d ago · STALE · HARD STALE

HTGW

Songwe Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 14 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.27 inHg

ELEV 4,412 FT

8.9199°S / 33.2740°E

LOCATION · Mbeya, TZ

WIND

140°14 kt

HTGW · 4,412 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/14

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW026

T / Td

25 / 13

ALTIM

30.27"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 140°/14 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,600 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 HTGW 080900Z 14014KT 9999 FEW026 25/13 Q1025 NOSIG

HTGW · day 8 at 09:00 UTC · wind from 140° at 14 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,600 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.27" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 14 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

140°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

09★ HDG 090° H9 kt X11 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,925'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

27 HDG 270° T9 kt X11 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 5,412 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

6,200FT

+1,788 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,412 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT4,064 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 MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+62%

-43%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+43%

-28%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+25%

-19%

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)

FEW026

Few · base 2,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL17,038 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:54ZSUNRISE

09:50ZSOLAR NOON

15:47ZSUNSET

16:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:08Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 53m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:58Z MOONSET01:51Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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