// Station · 50m ago

ZLXY

Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 220° / 8 kt

VIS 3.7 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 22°C / 20°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 1,572 FT

34.4422°N / 108.7624°E

LOCATION · Xi'an, CN

WIND

220°8 kt

ZLXY · 1,572 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/8

VIS

3.7 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW013 SCT060

T / Td

22 / 20

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 3.7 SM. Moderate winds at 220°/8 kt, visibility 3.7 SM, a few at 1,300 ft, and scattered at 6,000 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 ZLXY 270900Z 22004MPS 6000 FEW013 SCT060 22/20 Q1013 NOSIG

ZLXY · day 27 at 09:00 UTC · wind from 220° at 8 kt · visibility 3.7 SM · a few clouds at 1,300 ft · scattered layer at 6,000 ft · temp 22°C / dewpoint 20°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 8 kt

4 USABLE · 4 AVOID

WIND

220°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

23R★ HDG 230° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 12,467'

23L HDG 230° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT 12,467'

24R HDG 240° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT 12,467'

24L HDG 240° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT 9,843'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends

05L HDG 050° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

05R HDG 050° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

06L HDG 060° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

06R HDG 060° T8 kt X3 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 +10°C

2,800FT

+1,228 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -700 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV1,572 FT OAT+22°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT1,578 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ZUZY (Zunyi Xinzhou Airport, Zunyi, elev 2,723 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+28%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT060

Scattered · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW013

Few · base 1,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL12,683 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

21:37ZSUNRISE

04:43ZSOLAR NOON

11:49ZSUNSET

12:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:50Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 59m VFR NIGHT BEGINS12:18Z (2h 28m) DAY LENGTH14h 12m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE06:17Z MOONSET20:30Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of ZLXY.

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