// Station · 1h 7m ago · STALE

MZBZ

Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 2 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 15 FT

17.5400°N / 88.3036°W

LOCATION · Belize City, BZ

WIND

VRB2 kt

MZBZ · 15 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/2

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW019

T / Td

29 / 26

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/2 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,900 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 130000Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW019 29/26 A2989 Q1012 NOSIG

MZBZ · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind variable at 2 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,900 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 9,678'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 9,678'

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 +14°C

1,700FT

+1,685 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV15 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT51 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,685 ft above MZBZ's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW019

Few · base 1,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,661 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:46ZSUNRISE

17:40ZSOLAR NOON

23:34ZSUNSET

23:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:56Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 48m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:07Z MOONSET00:55Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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