// Station · 19m ago

MGQZ

Quezaltenango Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 12 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21°C / 11°C

ALTIM — inHg

ELEV 7,779 FT

14.8656°N / 91.5020°W

LOCATION · Quezaltenango, GT

WIND

050°12 kt

MGQZ · 7,779 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/12

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW018

T / Td

21 / 11

ALTIM

—

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 050°/12 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

MGQZ 251600Z 05012KT 9999 FEW018 21/11 QFE 774.7

MGQZ · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 050° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 11°C

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 12 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

050°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

05★ HDG 050° H12 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 6,900'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

23 HDG 230° T12 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 8,779 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 +21°C

10,300FT

+2,521 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV7,779 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+21°C PRESSURE ALT7,779 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 10,300 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,521 ft above MGQZ's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+103%

-72%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+72%

-46%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+41%

-31%

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 LEVEL18,385 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:54ZSUNRISE

18:09ZSOLAR NOON

00:24ZSUNSET

00:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 05m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:46Z (8h 26m) DAY LENGTH12h 30m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:57Z MOONSET10:27Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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