// Station · 50m ago

ZGHA

Changsha Huanghua International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 340° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,000 ft

T/Td 25°C / 22°C

ALTIM 29.74 inHg

ELEV 217 FT

28.1892°N / 113.2200°E

LOCATION · Changsha (Changsha), CN

WIND

340°8 kt

ZGHA · 217 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN020

LAYERS

BKN020

T / Td

25 / 22

ALTIM

29.74"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,000 ft. Moderate winds at 340°/8 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 2,000 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR ZGHA 270900Z 34004MPS 9999 BKN020 25/22 Q1007 NOSIG

ZGHA · day 27 at 09:00 UTC · wind from 340° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 2,000 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.74" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

340°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

36R★ HDG 360° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 12,467'

36L HDG 360° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT 10,499'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

18L HDG 180° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

18R HDG 180° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,217 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 +11°C

1,700FT

+1,483 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV217 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT400 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ZGSY (Shaoyang Wugang Airport, Shaoyang (Wugang), elev 1,444 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN020

Broken · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL12,843 ft VFR MARGIN-1,000 ft

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

21:33ZSUNRISE

04:25ZSOLAR NOON

11:17ZSUNSET

11:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:50Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 27m VFR NIGHT BEGINS11:44Z (1h 53m) DAY LENGTH13h 44m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE06:14Z MOONSET19:58Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of ZGHA.

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