// Station · 1h 10m ago · STALE

HTKJ

Kilimanjaro International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23°C / 14°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 2,932 FT

3.4270°S / 37.0735°E

LOCATION · Arusha, TZ

WIND

090°5 kt

HTKJ · 2,932 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW024

T / Td

23 / 14

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 090°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,400 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 HTKJ 251700Z 09005KT 9999 FEW024 23/14 Q1020 NOSIG

HTKJ · day 25 at 17:00 UTC · wind from 090° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,400 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

090°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

09★ HDG 090° H5 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 11,811'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

27 HDG 270° T5 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 3,932 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

4,300FT

+1,368 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,932 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT2,731 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at HTAR (Arusha Airport, Arusha, elev 4,550 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+43%

-30%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+30%

-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. 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)

FEW024

Few · base 2,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,548 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:34ZSUNRISE

09:35ZSOLAR NOON

15:36ZSUNSET

15:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:57Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 01m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:40Z MOONSET01:42Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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