// Station · 17m ago

ZHCC

Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 2 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28°C / 27°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

ELEV 495 FT

34.5265°N / 113.8492°E

LOCATION · Zhengzhou, CN

WIND

VRB2 kt

ZHCC · 495 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/2

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 27

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/2 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 ZHCC 251600Z VRB01MPS CAVOK 28/27 Q1008 NOSIG

ZHCC · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind variable at 2 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint 27°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

12L HDG 120° —CALM —— 11,811'

30R HDG 300° —CALM —— 11,811'

12R HDG 120° —CALM —— 11,155'

30L HDG 300° —CALM —— 11,155'

Pattern altitude: 1,495 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 +14°C

2,400FT

+1,905 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV495 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT649 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ZBXZ (Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport, Xinzhou, elev 2,527 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-7%

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 LEVEL14,636 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

21:54ZSUNRISE

04:28ZSOLAR NOON

11:01ZSUNSET

11:27ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING18h 44m VFR NIGHT BEGINS11:27Z (19h 10m) DAY LENGTH13h 07m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE07:56Z MOONSET21:04Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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