// Station · 18m ago

ZBYN

Taiyuan Wusu International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27°C / 22°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

ELEV 2,575 FT

37.7469°N / 112.6280°E

LOCATION · Taiyuan, CN

WIND

150°6 kt

ZBYN · 2,575 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT040

T / Td

27 / 22

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 150°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 4,000 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 ZBYN 251600Z 15003MPS 9999 SCT040 27/22 Q1010 NOSIG

ZBYN · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 150° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 4,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

150°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

13L★ HDG 130° H6 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 11,811'

13R HDG 130° H6 kt X2 kt RIGHT 11,811'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

31R HDG 310° T6 kt X2 kt LEFT —

31L HDG 310° T6 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 3,575 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 +17°C

4,700FT

+2,125 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,575 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+17°C PRESSURE ALT2,670 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ZBDS (Ordos Ejin Horo International Airport, Ordos, elev 4,557 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+47%

-33%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+33%

-21%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+19%

-14%

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)

SCT040

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

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL16,211 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

21:55ZSUNRISE

04:32ZSOLAR NOON

11:10ZSUNSET

11:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING18h 52m VFR NIGHT BEGINS11:37Z (19h 19m) DAY LENGTH13h 15m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE07:57Z MOONSET21:13Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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