// Station · 15m ago

NZQN

Queenstown Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 3 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 9°C / 4°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 1,171 FT

45.0192°S / 168.7464°E

LOCATION · Queenstown, NZ

WIND

360°3 kt

NZQN · 1,171 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/3

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

BKN060 BKN070 BKN090

T / Td

9 / 4

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Light winds at 360°/3 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 6,000 ft, broken at 7,000 ft, and broken at 9,000 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 NZQN 251800Z AUTO 36003KT 9999 BKN060/// BKN070/// BKN090/// 09/04 Q1015

NZQN · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 360° at 3 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 6,000 ft · broken layer at 7,000 ft · broken layer at 9,000 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

360°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 6,204'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 6,204'

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 2,920'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 2,920'

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

700FT

-471 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,171 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT1,118 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at NZLX (Alexandra Aerodrome, Alexandra, elev 752 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+7%

-5%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+5%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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)

BKN090

Broken · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN070

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

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,716 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

19:26ZSUNRISE

00:48ZSOLAR NOON

06:10ZSUNSET

06:39ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 54m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:39Z (12h 24m) DAY LENGTH10h 43m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE05:33Z MOONSET16:16Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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