// Station · 25m ago

LSZA

Lugano Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 915 FT

46.0043°N / 8.9106°E

LOCATION · Agno, CH

WIND

190°6 kt

LSZA · 915 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW050

T / Td

28 / 18

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 190°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 5,000 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 LSZA 251550Z 19006KT 9999 FEW050 28/18 Q1011

LSZA · day 25 at 15:50 UTC · wind from 190° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

190°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

19★ HDG 190° H6 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 4,642'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T6 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,915 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

2,800FT

+1,885 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV915 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT980 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,800 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,885 ft above LSZA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+28%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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)

FEW050

Few · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,056 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+1)

04:37ZSUNRISE

11:28ZSOLAR NOON

18:18ZSUNSET

18:50ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 03m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:50Z (2h 35m) DAY LENGTH13h 41m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:39Z MOONSET04:21Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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