// Station · 53m ago

ZWSH

Kashgar Laining International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 3°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 4,529 FT

39.5423°N / 76.0202°E

LOCATION · Kashgar, CN

WIND

210°8 kt

ZWSH · 4,529 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW033

T / Td

25 / 3

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 210°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,300 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 271000Z 21004MPS 170V250 9999 FEW033CB 25/03 Q1014 NOSIG

ZWSH · day 27 at 10:00 UTC · wind from 210° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,300 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

210°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

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

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

08 HDG 080° T5 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

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 +19°C

6,800FT

+2,271 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +800 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV4,529 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT4,506 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 SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+68%

-48%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+48%

-31%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+27%

-20%

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)

FEW033

Few · base 3,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL17,155 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

23:34ZSUNRISE

06:54ZSOLAR NOON

14:14ZSUNSET

14:45ZCIVIL END

CURRENT10:53Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 20m VFR NIGHT BEGINS14:45Z (3h 52m) DAY LENGTH14h 39m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE08:17Z MOONSET22:57Z FULL MOON IN4 days

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

UCFL

MVFR → VFR 18Z

Issyk-Kul International Airport · Tamchy

WIND: 220° / 23 kt
VIS: 6+ SM
CEILING: BKN030
DIST: 185 NM N
AGE: 23m ago

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