// Station · 18m ago

MZBZ

Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 070° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 32°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 15 FT

17.5400°N / 88.3036°W

LOCATION · Belize City, BZ

WIND

070°7 kt

MZBZ · 15 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT023

T / Td

32 / 25

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 070°/7 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 2,300 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 MZBZ 251600Z 07007KT 9999 SCT023 32/25 A2997 Q1015 NOSIG

MZBZ · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 070° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,300 ft · temp 32°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

070°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 9,678'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T7 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,015 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

2,000FT

+1,985 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV15 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT-38 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,000 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,985 ft above MZBZ's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

SCT023

Scattered · base 2,300 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL16,177 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:39ZSUNRISE

17:56ZSOLAR NOON

00:14ZSUNSET

00:36ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS00:36Z (8h 18m) DAY LENGTH12h 34m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE21:42Z MOONSET10:16Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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