// Station · 34m ago

NZQN

Queenstown Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,500 ft

T/Td 16°C / 11°C

ALTIM 29.71 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 1,171 FT

45.0192°S / 168.7464°E

LOCATION · Queenstown, NZ

WIND

240°8 kt

NZQN · 1,171 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN075

LAYERS

FEW045 SCT065 BKN075

T / Td

16 / 11

ALTIM

29.71"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,500 ft. Moderate winds at 240°/8 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 4,500 ft, scattered at 6,500 ft, and broken at 7,500 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). 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 NZQN 130130Z AUTO 24008KT 9999 -RA FEW045/// SCT065/// BKN075/// 16/11 Q1006

NZQN · day 13 at 01:30 UTC · wind from 240° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,500 ft · scattered layer at 6,500 ft · broken layer at 7,500 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.71" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

240°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

23★ HDG 230° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,204'

32 HDG 320° H1 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

14 HDG 140° T1 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

05 HDG 050° T8 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,171 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 +4°C

1,800FT

+629 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,171 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT1,384 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at NZGT (Glentanner Airport, Glentanner Station, elev 1,824 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN075

Broken · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT065

Scattered · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW045

Few · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,252 ft VFR MARGIN+4,500 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+11)

17:57ZSUNRISE

00:32ZSOLAR NOON

07:07ZSUNSET

07:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 03m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:37Z (5h 33m) DAY LENGTH13h 10m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE19:20Z MOONSET08:30Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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