// Station · 13m ago

ZLXY

Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 210° / 6 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 3,300 ft

T/Td 25°C / 22°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 1,572 FT

34.4422°N / 108.7624°E

LOCATION · Xi'an, CN

WIND

210°6 kt

ZLXY · 1,572 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/6

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

BKN033

LAYERS

BKN033

T / Td

25 / 22

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Light winds at 210°/6 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, broken at 3,300 ft. Reported weather: -RA. 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.

Loading TAF forecast narrative…

SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)

// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →

// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR ZLXY 111500Z 21003MPS 180V240 8000 -RA BKN033 25/22 Q1008 NOSIG

ZLXY · day 11 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 210° at 6 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · broken layer at 3,300 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg · weather: -RA

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 6 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID

WIND

210°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

23R★ HDG 230° H6 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 12,467'

23L HDG 230° H6 kt X2 kt LEFT 12,467'

24R HDG 240° H5 kt X3 kt LEFT 12,467'

24L HDG 240° H5 kt X3 kt LEFT 9,843'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

06L HDG 060° T5 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

06R HDG 060° T5 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

05L HDG 050° T6 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

05R HDG 050° T6 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,572 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 +13°C

3,300FT

+1,728 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -900 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV1,572 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT1,726 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ZBOW (Baotou Donghe International Airport, Baotou, elev 3,321 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+33%

-23%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+23%

-15%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+13%

-10%

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)

BKN033

Broken · base 3,300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL14,198 ft VFR MARGIN+300 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+7)

21:42ZSUNRISE

04:51ZSOLAR NOON

12:00ZSUNSET

12:29ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS12:29Z (past) DAY LENGTH14h 18m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE19:07Z MOONSET09:26Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of ZLXY.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

AIRSPACE

// Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.

Get METAR Deck →