// Station · 15m ago

VAAH

Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 190° / 6 kt

VIS 1.9 SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 28°C / 23°C

ALTIM 29.71 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 189 FT

23.0772°N / 72.6347°E

LOCATION · Ahmedabad, IN

WIND

190°6 kt

VAAH · 189 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/6

VIS

1.9 SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

FEW020 BKN080

T / Td

28 / 23

ALTIM

29.71"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — visibility 1.9 SM. Light winds at 190°/6 kt, visibility 1.9 SM, a few at 2,000 ft, and broken at 8,000 ft. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR VAAH 251800Z 19006KT 3000 HZ FEW020 BKN080 28/23 Q1006 NOSIG

VAAH · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 190° at 6 kt · visibility 1.9 SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 29.71" Hg · weather: haze (HZ)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

190°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

23★ HDG 230° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 11,499'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T5 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,189 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

2,100FT

+1,911 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV189 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT402 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at VALT (Murod Kond Airport, Latur, elev 2,136 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-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)

BKN080

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

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,330 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+5)

00:50ZSUNRISE

07:13ZSOLAR NOON

13:35ZSUNSET

13:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS13:58Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 44m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE10:57Z MOONSET23:42Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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