// Station · 1h 18m ago · STALE

HTKA

Kigoma Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 3 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23°C / 20°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 2,700 FT

4.8862°S / 29.6709°E

LOCATION · Kigoma, TZ

WIND

300°3 kt

HTKA · 2,700 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/3

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW022

T / Td

23 / 20

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 300°/3 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,200 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 HTKA 111800Z 30003KT 9999 FEW022 23/20 Q1016 NOSIG

HTKA · day 11 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 300° at 3 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,200 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

300°3 kt

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 +13°C

4,200FT

+1,500 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV2,700 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT2,618 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at HTLM (Lake Manyara Airport, Lake Manyara National Park, elev 4,150 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+42%

-29%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+29%

-19%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+17%

-13%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW022

Few · base 2,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,316 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:12ZSUNRISE

10:07ZSOLAR NOON

16:03ZSUNSET

16:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT19:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:25Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 51m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION10% MOONRISE01:46Z MOONSET13:37Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 1 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

HBBA

MVFR → VFR 03Z

Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport · Bujumbura

WIND: 180° / 6 kt
VIS: 5.0 SM
CEILING: BKN100
DIST: 96 NM N
AGE: 1h 18m ago

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