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MGES

Esquipulas Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 030° / 8 kt
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING BKN at 20,000 ft
T/Td 26°C / 20°C
ALTIM — inHg
ELEV 3,090 FT
14.5676°N / 89.3261°W
LOCATION · Esquipulas, GT
N
WIND
030°8 kt
MGES · 3,090 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
030°/8
 
 
 
VIS
6+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
BKN200
 
 
 
LAYERS
SCT018 BKN200
 
 
 
T / Td
26 / 20
 
 
 
ALTIM
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 20,000 ft. Moderate winds at 030°/8 kt, visibility 6+ SM, scattered at 1,800 ft, and broken at 20,000 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 MGES 290000Z 03008KT 9999 SCT018 BKN200 26/20

MGES · day 29 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 030° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 1,800 ft · broken layer at 20,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 20°C

// Runway analysis

No runway data on file for MGES.

// Density altitude · ISA +17°C

5,100FT
+2,010 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV3,090 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT3,090 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at MGGT (La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City, elev 4,952 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+51%
-36%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+36%
-23%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+20%
-15%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 16,221 FT SCT018 BKN200 · CEILING MGES ELEV · 3,090 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
BKN200
Broken · base 20,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
SCT018
Scattered · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
// Computed
CEILING20,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER20,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL16,221 ft VFR MARGIN+17,000 ft

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

11:46ZSUNRISE
18:00ZSOLAR NOON
00:13ZSUNSET
00:35ZCIVIL END
CURRENT03:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:35Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 27m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE00:37Z MOONSET13:05Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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