// Station · 1h 3m ago · STALE

ZSAM

Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 040° / 4 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 22°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 59 FT

24.5439°N / 118.1274°E

LOCATION · Xiamen, CN

WIND

040°4 kt

ZSAM · 59 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/4

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW017

T / Td

25 / 22

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 5.0 SM. Light winds at 040°/4 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, a few at 1,700 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 ZSAM 130000Z 04002MPS 010V070 8000 FEW017 25/22 Q1017 NOSIG

ZSAM · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 040° at 4 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · a few clouds at 1,700 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

040°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 11,155'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 11,155'

Pattern altitude: 1,059 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

1,100FT

+1,041 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV59 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT-53 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ZSLO (Liancheng Guanzhishan Airport, Longyan (Liancheng), elev 1,225 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

FEW017

Few · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,685 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

22:05ZSUNRISE

03:55ZSOLAR NOON

09:44ZSUNSET

10:07ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 41m VFR NIGHT BEGINS10:07Z (9h 03m) DAY LENGTH11h 39m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE23:26Z MOONSET11:05Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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