// Station · 31m ago

ZSQD

Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30°C / 24°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

ELEV 30 FT

36.3620°N / 120.0882°E

LOCATION · Qingdao (Jiaozhou), CN

WIND

220°6 kt

ZSQD · 30 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT021

T / Td

30 / 24

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 220°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 2,100 ft. 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 ZSQD 260100Z 22003MPS 180V250 9999 SCT021 30/24 Q1008 NOSIG

ZSQD · day 26 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 220° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,100 ft · temp 30°C / dewpoint 24°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

220°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17★ HDG 170° H4 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 11,811'

16 HDG 160° H3 kt X5 kt RIGHT 11,811'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

34 HDG 340° T3 kt X5 kt LEFT —

35 HDG 350° T4 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,030 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 +15°C

2,000FT

+1,970 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV30 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT184 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ZBCF (Chifeng Yulong Airport, Chifeng, elev 2,018 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

SCT021

Scattered · base 2,100 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,182 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

21:27ZSUNRISE

04:03ZSOLAR NOON

10:39ZSUNSET

11:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:31Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 07m VFR NIGHT BEGINS11:05Z (9h 33m) DAY LENGTH13h 11m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE07:48Z MOONSET21:00Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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