// Station · 21m ago

ZGSZ

Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 29°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.59 inHg

ELEV 13 FT

22.6395°N / 113.8033°E

LOCATION · Shenzhen, CN

WIND

150°8 kt

ZGSZ · 13 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

29 / 26

ALTIM

29.59"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 150°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 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 ZGSZ 252000Z 15004MPS 9999 FEW020 29/26 Q1002 NOSIG

ZGSZ · day 25 at 20:00 UTC · wind from 150° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 29°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.59" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

150°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

15★ HDG 150° H8 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 11,155'

16L HDG 160° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT 12,467'

16R HDG 160° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT 11,811'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

33 HDG 330° T8 kt X0 kt — —

34R HDG 340° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

34L HDG 340° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,013 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 +15°C

2,100FT

+2,087 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV13 FT OAT+29°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT344 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ZGHC (Hechi Jinchengjiang Airport, Hechi (Jinchengjiang), elev 2,221 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL14,659 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

22:06ZSUNRISE

04:28ZSOLAR NOON

10:49ZSUNSET

11:12ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 28m VFR NIGHT BEGINS11:12Z (14h 51m) DAY LENGTH12h 43m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE08:17Z MOONSET21:00Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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