// Station · 1h 2m ago · STALE

VAHS

Rajkot International Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 280° / 6 kt

VIS 2.5 SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 27°C / 23°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 647 FT

22.3788°N / 71.0394°E

LOCATION · Rajkot, IN

WIND

280°6 kt

VAHS · 647 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/6

VIS

2.5 SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

FEW015 SCT020 BKN080

T / Td

27 / 23

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — visibility 2.5 SM. Light winds at 280°/6 kt, visibility 2.5 SM, a few at 1,500 ft, scattered 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 VAHS 251600Z 28006KT 4000 HZ FEW015 SCT020 BKN080 27/23 Q1009 NOSIG

VAHS · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 280° at 6 kt · visibility 2.5 SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · scattered layer at 2,000 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 23°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg · weather: haze (HZ)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

280°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

23★ HDG 230° H4 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,974'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T4 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,647 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

2,400FT

+1,753 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV647 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT771 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at VABM (Belagavi Airport, Belgaum, elev 2,487 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN080

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

SCT020

Scattered · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL14,283 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

00:57ZSUNRISE

07:19ZSOLAR NOON

13:41ZSUNSET

14:04ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS14:04Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 43m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE11:01Z MOONSET23:45Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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