// Station · 8m ago

ZSQD

Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 290° / 12 kt

VIS 3.1 SM

CEILING OVC at 5,000 ft

T/Td 18°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 30 FT

36.3620°N / 120.0882°E

LOCATION · Qingdao (Jiaozhou), CN

WIND

290°12 kt

ZSQD · 30 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/12

VIS

3.1 SM

CEILING

OVC050

LAYERS

SCT013 OVC050

T / Td

18 / 16

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 3.1 SM. Moderate winds at 290°/12 kt, visibility 3.1 SM, scattered at 1,300 ft, and overcast at 5,000 ft. Reported weather: mist (BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. 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 ZSQD 130100Z 29006MPS 5000 BR SCT013 OVC050 18/16 Q1018 NOSIG

ZSQD · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 290° at 12 kt · visibility 3.1 SM · scattered layer at 1,300 ft · overcast at 5,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg · weather: mist (BR)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 12 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

290°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

34★ HDG 340° H8 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 11,811'

35 HDG 350° H6 kt X10 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 83%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

17 HDG 170° T6 kt X10 kt RIGHT —

16 HDG 160° T8 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

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 +3°C

200FT

+170 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV30 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT-112 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ZSLY (Linyi Qiyang Airport, Linyi (Hedong), elev 177 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+2%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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)

OVC050

Overcast · base 5,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT013

Scattered · base 1,300 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,121 ft VFR MARGIN+2,000 ft

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

22:05ZSUNRISE

03:47ZSOLAR NOON

09:28ZSUNSET

09:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 20m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:54Z (8h 46m) DAY LENGTH11h 23m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE23:26Z MOONSET10:49Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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