// Station · 22m ago

ZSAM

Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 2 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,000 ft

T/Td 26°C / 26°C

ALTIM 29.68 inHg

WX -SHRA

ELEV 59 FT

24.5439°N / 118.1274°E

LOCATION · Xiamen, CN

WIND

VRB2 kt

ZSAM · 59 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/2

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN040

LAYERS

FEW010 BKN040

T / Td

26 / 26

ALTIM

29.68"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,000 ft. Light winds at variable/2 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,000 ft, and broken at 4,000 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 ZSAM 252000Z VRB01MPS 9999 -SHRA FEW010 BKN040 26/26 Q1005 NOSIG

ZSAM · day 25 at 20:00 UTC · wind variable at 2 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,000 ft · broken layer at 4,000 ft · temp 26°C / dewpoint 26°C · altimeter 29.68" Hg · weather: light rain showers (-SHRA)

// 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 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 +12°C

1,700FT

+1,641 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV59 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT301 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

+17%

-12%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+12%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

BKN040

Broken · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW010

Few · base 1,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,190 ft VFR MARGIN+1,000 ft

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

21:47ZSUNRISE

04:10ZSOLAR NOON

10:34ZSUNSET

10:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 12m VFR NIGHT BEGINS10:57Z (14h 35m) DAY LENGTH12h 46m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE07:58Z MOONSET20:45Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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