// Station · 6m ago

ZWSH

Kashgar Laining International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 13°C / 6°C

ALTIM 30.27 inHg

ELEV 4,529 FT

39.5423°N / 76.0202°E

LOCATION · Kashgar, CN

WIND

310°8 kt

ZWSH · 4,529 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

13 / 6

ALTIM

30.27"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 310°/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 130100Z 31004MPS 9999 FEW040 13/06 Q1025 NOSIG

ZWSH · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 310° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 30.27" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

310°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

26★ HDG 260° H5 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,499'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

08 HDG 080° T5 kt X6 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 +6°C

4,900FT

+371 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV4,529 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT4,181 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ZWYT (Yutian Wanfang Airport, Hotan (Yutian), elev 4,731 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+49%

-34%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+34%

-22%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+20%

-15%

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)

FEW040

Few · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,095 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

01:04ZSUNRISE

06:43ZSOLAR NOON

12:22ZSUNSET

12:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS12:49Z (11h 42m) DAY LENGTH11h 17m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE02:25Z MOONSET13:43Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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