// Station · 1h 1m ago · STALE

ZWSH

Kashgar Laining International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 330° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27°C / 6°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 4,529 FT

39.5423°N / 76.0202°E

LOCATION · Kashgar, CN

WIND

330°8 kt

ZWSH · 4,529 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

27 / 6

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 330°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 4,000 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 ZWSH 111300Z 33004MPS 220V350 9999 FEW040 27/06 Q1011 NOSIG

ZWSH · day 11 at 13:00 UTC · wind from 330° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

330°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

26★ HDG 260° H3 kt X8 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,499'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

08 HDG 080° T3 kt X8 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 5,529 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 +21°C

7,100FT

+2,571 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV4,529 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+21°C PRESSURE ALT4,594 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ZLXN (Xining Caojiabao International Airport, Haidong (Huzhu Tu Autonomous County), elev 7,119 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+71%

-50%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+50%

-32%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+28%

-21%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW040

Few · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL18,165 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+5)

23:38ZSUNRISE

07:02ZSOLAR NOON

14:25ZSUNSET

14:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS14:57Z (56m) DAY LENGTH14h 47m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE21:02Z MOONSET11:49Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 1 shown · 200 NM (very sparse)

UCFL

VFR

Issyk-Kul International Airport · Tamchy

WIND: VRB / 2 kt
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: FEW030
DIST: 185 NM N
AGE: 1h 1m ago

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