// Station · 19m ago

RCMQ

Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 25°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.74 inHg

ELEV 663 FT

24.2647°N / 120.6210°E

LOCATION · Taichung (Qingshui), TW

WIND

000°0 kt

RCMQ · 663 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

FEW012 BKN080

T / Td

25 / 25

ALTIM

29.74"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,200 ft, and broken at 8,000 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 RCMQ 252200Z 00000KT 9999 FEW012 BKN080 25/25 Q1007 NOSIG RMK A2975

RCMQ · day 25 at 22:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,200 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.74" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 12,000'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 12,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,663 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 +12°C

2,200FT

+1,537 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV663 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT846 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,200 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,537 ft above RCMQ's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+22%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-10%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+9%

-7%

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)

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW012

Few · base 1,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,289 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+8)

21:37ZSUNRISE

04:01ZSOLAR NOON

10:24ZSUNSET

10:47ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 04m VFR NIGHT BEGINS10:47Z (12h 27m) DAY LENGTH12h 46m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE07:52Z MOONSET20:38Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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