// Station · 1h 8m ago · STALE

MGQZ

Quezaltenango Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 20,000 ft

T/Td 17°C / 13°C

ALTIM — inHg

ELEV 7,779 FT

14.8656°N / 91.5020°W

LOCATION · Quezaltenango, GT

WIND

360°6 kt

MGQZ · 7,779 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN200

LAYERS

FEW020 SCT090 BKN200

T / Td

17 / 13

ALTIM

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// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 20,000 ft. Light winds at 360°/6 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 2,000 ft, scattered at 9,000 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 MGQZ 130000Z 36006KT 9999 FEW020 SCT090 BKN200 17/13 QFE 772.8

MGQZ · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 360° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · scattered layer at 9,000 ft · broken layer at 20,000 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 13°C

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

360°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

05★ HDG 050° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,900'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

23 HDG 230° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

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 +17°C

9,900FT

+2,121 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV7,779 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT7,779 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 9,900 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,121 ft above MGQZ's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+99%

-69%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+69%

-45%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+40%

-30%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN200

Broken · base 20,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT090

Scattered · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING20,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER20,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL16,365 ft VFR MARGIN+17,000 ft

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

11:58ZSUNRISE

17:53ZSOLAR NOON

23:49ZSUNSET

00:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:10Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 51m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:19Z MOONSET01:10Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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