// Station · 31m ago

MMMZ

General Rafael Buelna International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.96 inHg

ELEV 38 FT

23.1628°N / 106.2645°W

LOCATION · Mazatlàn, MX

WIND

130°6 kt

MMMZ · 38 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW015 SCT250

T / Td

28 / 25

ALTIM

29.96"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 130°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 1,500 ft, and scattered at 25,000 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 MMMZ 251545Z 13006KT 14SM FEW015 SCT250 28/25 A2996 RMK 8/402

MMMZ · day 25 at 15:45 UTC · wind from 130° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · scattered layer at 25,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.96" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

130°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

09★ HDG 090° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,868'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

27 HDG 270° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,038 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 +13°C

1,600FT

+1,562 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV38 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT-3 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at MMAN (Del Norte International Airport, Monterrey, elev 1,476 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT250

Scattered · base 25,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER25,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,179 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-7)

12:46ZSUNRISE

19:08ZSOLAR NOON

01:30ZSUNSET

01:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:54Z (9h 37m) DAY LENGTH12h 44m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE22:48Z MOONSET11:33Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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