// Station · 7m ago

RJFT

Kumamoto Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 3 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 26°C / 19°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 642 FT

32.8373°N / 130.8550°E

LOCATION · Kumamoto, JP

WIND

270°3 kt

RJFT · 642 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/3

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020 SCT025

T / Td

26 / 19

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/3 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 ft, and scattered at 2,500 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 RJFT 130100Z 27003KT 170V310 9999 FEW020 SCT025 26/19 Q1015

RJFT · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 270° at 3 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

270°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 9,840'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 9,840'

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 +12°C

2,000FT

+1,358 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV642 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT589 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at RJAF (Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport, Matsumoto, elev 2,182 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

SCT025

Scattered · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL13,773 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

21:19ZSUNRISE

03:04ZSOLAR NOON

08:48ZSUNSET

09:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 41m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:13Z (8h 06m) DAY LENGTH11h 28m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE22:40Z MOONSET10:09Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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