// Station · 18h 6m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

HTSU

Sumbawanga Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 15°C / 9°C

ALTIM 30.33 inHg

ELEV 5,960 FT

7.9489°S / 31.6103°E

LOCATION · Sumbawanga, TZ

WIND

090°9 kt

HTSU · 5,960 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 05Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW018

T / Td

15 / 9

ALTIM

30.33"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 090°/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 280500Z 09009KT 9999 FEW018 15/09 Q1027

HTSU · day 28 at 05:00 UTC · wind from 090° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.33" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

090°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T8 kt X3 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 +11°C

6,900FT

+940 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,960 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT5,553 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 6,900 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +940 ft above HTSU's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+69%

-48%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+48%

-31%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+28%

-21%

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 LEVEL13,536 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:58ZSUNRISE

09:56ZSOLAR NOON

15:54ZSUNSET

16:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 48m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:15Z (17h 09m) DAY LENGTH11h 56m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE16:40Z MOONSET04:36Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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