// Station · 7h 2m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

HTKA

Kigoma Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 25°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 2,700 FT

4.8862°S / 29.6709°E

LOCATION · Kigoma, TZ

WIND

000°0 kt

HTKA · 2,700 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

25 / 18

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 HTKA 121800Z 00000KT CAVOK 25/18 Q1014 NOSIG

HTKA · day 12 at 18:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · temp 25°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 5,797'

34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 5,797'

Pattern altitude: 3,700 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 +15°C

4,500FT

+1,800 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,700 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT2,677 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at HTGW (Songwe Airport, Mbeya, elev 4,412 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+45%

-32%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+32%

-20%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+18%

-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. 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 LEVEL15,326 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:42ZSUNRISE

09:48ZSOLAR NOON

15:54ZSUNSET

16:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 51m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:15Z (15h 12m) DAY LENGTH12h 12m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:03Z MOONSET17:15Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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