// Station · 11h 29m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

HUMA

Mbarara Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23°C / 14°C

ALTIM — inHg

ELEV 4,600 FT

0.5553°S / 30.5994°E

LOCATION · Mbarara, UG

WIND

050°10 kt

HUMA · 4,600 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020 FEW023

T / Td

23 / 14

ALTIM

—

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 050°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 ft, and a few at 2,300 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 HUMA 121500Z 05010KT 9999 FEW020 FEW023CB 23/14 Q////

HUMA · day 12 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 050° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · a few clouds at 2,300 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 14°C

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

050°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

11★ HDG 110° H5 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,446'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

29 HDG 290° T5 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 5,600 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 +17°C

6,700FT

+2,100 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,600 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT4,600 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 6,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,100 ft above HUMA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+67%

-47%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+47%

-30%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+27%

-20%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW023

Few · base 2,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~23% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,216 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:41ZSUNRISE

09:45ZSOLAR NOON

15:48ZSUNSET

16:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 19m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:09Z (13h 40m) DAY LENGTH12h 07m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:05Z MOONSET17:12Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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