// Station · 17m ago

RJFT

Kumamoto Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 14 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28°C / 23°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

ELEV 642 FT

32.8373°N / 130.8550°E

LOCATION · Kumamoto, JP

WIND

080°14 kt

RJFT · 642 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/14

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 23

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 080°/14 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 RJFT 251600Z AUTO 08014KT 9999 NSC 28/23 Q1010

RJFT · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 080° at 14 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 14 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

080°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H14 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,840'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T14 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,642 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

2,500FT

+1,858 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV642 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT737 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at RJAT (JGSDF Camp Fuji Heliport / Fuji Army Heliport, Gotenba, elev 2,271 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+25%

-18%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+18%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-8%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL14,783 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+9)

20:48ZSUNRISE

03:20ZSOLAR NOON

09:51ZSUNSET

10:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 34m VFR NIGHT BEGINS10:17Z (17h 59m) DAY LENGTH13h 03m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:50Z MOONSET19:54Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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