// Station · 1h 57m ago · STALE

HTSU

Sumbawanga Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 19°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.24 inHg

ELEV 5,960 FT

7.9489°S / 31.6103°E

LOCATION · Sumbawanga, TZ

WIND

130°9 kt

HTSU · 5,960 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW018

T / Td

19 / 10

ALTIM

30.24"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 130°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,800 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 HTSU 130000Z 13009KT 9999 FEW018 19/10 Q1024

HTSU · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 130° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

130°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H5 kt X8 kt RIGHT PRIMARY

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T4 kt X8 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 6,960 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

7,500FT

+1,540 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,960 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT5,641 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 7,500 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,540 ft above HTSU's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+75%

-53%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+53%

-34%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+30%

-23%

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)

FEW018

Few · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,556 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:33ZSUNRISE

09:41ZSOLAR NOON

15:48ZSUNSET

16:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:57Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 50m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:09Z (14h 12m) DAY LENGTH12h 15m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE04:56Z MOONSET17:11Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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