// Station · 18m ago

ZPPP

Kunming Changshui International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 12 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 18°C / 17°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

WX -SHRA

ELEV 6,903 FT

25.1103°N / 102.9367°E

LOCATION · Kunming, CN

WIND

050°12 kt

ZPPP · 6,903 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/12

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT023 SCT043

T / Td

18 / 17

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 050°/12 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 2,300 ft, and scattered at 4,300 ft. Reported weather: light rain showers (-SHRA). 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 ZPPP 251600Z 05006MPS 9999 -SHRA SCT023 SCT043 18/17 Q1020 NOSIG

ZPPP · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 050° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,300 ft · scattered layer at 4,300 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg · weather: light rain showers (-SHRA)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 12 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

050°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

04★ HDG 040° H12 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 14,764'

03 HDG 030° H11 kt X4 kt RIGHT 13,123'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

21 HDG 210° T11 kt X4 kt LEFT —

22 HDG 220° T12 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 7,903 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 +16°C

8,700FT

+1,797 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6,903 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT6,702 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ZGDY (Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport, Zhangjiajie (Yongding), elev 8,530 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+87%

-61%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+61%

-39%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+35%

-26%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT043

Scattered · base 4,300 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT023

Scattered · base 2,300 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,994 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

22:47ZSUNRISE

05:12ZSOLAR NOON

11:36ZSUNSET

12:00ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS12:00Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 49m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE08:50Z MOONSET21:39Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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