// Station · 2h 4m ago · STALE

SMZO

Zorg en Hoop Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

ELEV 10 FT

5.8112°N / 55.1923°W

LOCATION · Paramaribo, SR

WIND

080°5 kt

SMZO · 10 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW010

T / Td

27 / 25

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 080°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,000 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 SMZO 130000Z 08005KT 9999 FEW010 27/25 Q1010 NOSIG

SMZO · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 080° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

080°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

11★ HDG 110° H4 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,461'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

29 HDG 290° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,010 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

1,600FT

+1,590 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV10 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT105 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,600 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,590 ft above SMZO's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW010

Few · base 1,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,646 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-4)

09:28ZSUNRISE

15:28ZSOLAR NOON

21:28ZSUNSET

21:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS21:49Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 00m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE10:51Z MOONSET22:51Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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