// Station · 1h 57m ago · STALE

HTMW

Mwanza International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 3,763 FT

2.4466°S / 32.9361°E

LOCATION · Mwanza, TZ

WIND

160°6 kt

HTMW · 3,763 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT025 FEW026

T / Td

28 / 15

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 2,500 ft, 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 HTMW 271100Z 16006KT 9999 SCT025 FEW026CB 28/15 Q1019 NOSIG

HTMW · day 27 at 11:00 UTC · wind from 160° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · a few clouds at 2,600 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

160°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

12★ HDG 120° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,212'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

30 HDG 300° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 4,763 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 +20°C

6,000FT

+2,237 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV3,763 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT3,592 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 6,000 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,237 ft above HTMW's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+60%

-42%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+42%

-27%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+24%

-18%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW026

Few · base 2,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

SCT025

Scattered · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL17,904 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:47ZSUNRISE

09:46ZSOLAR NOON

15:46ZSUNSET

16:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:57Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 49m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:08Z (3h 11m) DAY LENGTH11h 59m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE12:34Z MOONSET00:33Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of HTMW.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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