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MGES

Esquipulas Airport
CAT MVFR
WIND CALM
VIS 4.3 SM
CEILING OVC at 9,000 ft
T/Td 21°C / 20°C
ALTIM — inHg
WX TSRA
ELEV 3,090 FT
14.5676°N / 89.3261°W
LOCATION · Esquipulas, GT
N
WIND
000°0 kt
MGES · 3,090 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
4.3 SM
 
 
 
CEILING
OVC090
 
 
 
LAYERS
SCT015 FEW025 OVC090
 
 
 
T / Td
21 / 20
 
 
 
ALTIM
 
 
 

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 4.3 SM. Winds calm, visibility 4.3 SM, scattered at 1,500 ft, a few at 2,500 ft, and overcast at 9,000 ft. Reported weather: TSRA. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR MGES 150000Z 00000KT 7000 TSRA SCT015 FEW025CB OVC090 21/20 QFE/// RMK CB/TS SW

MGES · day 15 at 00:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 4.3 SM · scattered layer at 1,500 ft · a few clouds at 2,500 ft · overcast at 9,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 20°C · weather: TSRA

// Runway analysis

No runway data on file for MGES.

// Density altitude · ISA +12°C

4,500FT
+1,410 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +200 FT
5,600 4,850 4,100
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV3,090 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT3,090 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at MGCB (Coban Airport, Coban, elev 4,339 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+45%
-32%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+32%
-20%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+18%
-14%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 13,696 FT SCT015 FEW025 OVC090 · CEILING MGES ELEV · 3,090 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC090
Overcast · base 9,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas
FEW025
Few · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
SCT015
Scattered · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
// Computed
CEILING9,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL13,696 ft VFR MARGIN+6,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:36ZSUNRISE
18:04ZSOLAR NOON
00:31ZSUNSET
00:54ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:54Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 54m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE11:48Z MOONSET00:43Z FULL MOON IN15 days

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