// Station · 21m ago

ZBSJ

Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 4 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 3,300 ft

T/Td 21°C / 21°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

WX -SHRA

ELEV 233 FT

38.2807°N / 114.6970°E

LOCATION · Shijiazhuang, CN

WIND

340°4 kt

ZBSJ · 233 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/4

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC033

LAYERS

SCT013 OVC033

T / Td

21 / 21

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,300 ft. Light winds at 340°/4 kt, visibility 6+ SM, scattered at 1,300 ft, and overcast at 3,300 ft. Reported weather: light rain showers (-SHRA). 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 ZBSJ 252200Z 34002MPS 320V020 9999 -SHRA SCT013 OVC033 21/21 Q1009 RESHRA NOSIG

ZBSJ · day 25 at 22:00 UTC · wind from 340° at 4 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 1,300 ft · overcast at 3,300 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg · weather: light rain showers (-SHRA)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

340°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

15 HDG 150° —CALM —— 11,155'

33 HDG 330° —CALM —— 11,155'

Pattern altitude: 1,233 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

1,200FT

+967 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV233 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT357 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

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

OVC033

Overcast · base 3,300 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT013

Scattered · base 1,300 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,839 ft VFR MARGIN+300 ft

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

21:46ZSUNRISE

04:24ZSOLAR NOON

11:02ZSUNSET

11:30ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 41m VFR NIGHT BEGINS11:30Z (13h 08m) DAY LENGTH13h 16m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE08:01Z MOONSET21:17Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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