// Station · 33m ago

ZBAA

Beijing Capital International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 010° / 4 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 22°C / 21°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 116 FT

40.0774°N / 116.5967°E

LOCATION · Beijing, CN

WIND

010°4 kt

ZBAA · 116 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

010°/4

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

22 / 21

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 010°/4 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 ZBAA 251630Z 01002MPS CAVOK 22/21 Q1009 NOSIG

ZBAA · day 25 at 16:30 UTC · wind from 010° at 4 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 22°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 010° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

010°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 12,467'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 12,467'

18L HDG 180° —CALM —— 12,467'

36R HDG 360° —CALM —— 12,467'

18R HDG 180° —CALM —— 10,499'

36L HDG 360° —CALM —— 10,499'

Pattern altitude: 1,116 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 +7°C

1,100FT

+984 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV116 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT240 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ZBYC (Yuncheng Yanhu International Airport, Yuncheng (Yanhu), elev 1,242 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 LEVEL11,227 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+8)

21:36ZSUNRISE

04:17ZSOLAR NOON

10:57ZSUNSET

11:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 54m VFR NIGHT BEGINS11:26Z (18h 22m) DAY LENGTH13h 21m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE07:40Z MOONSET21:01Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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