// Station · 18m ago

FABL

Bram Fischer International Airport

CAT —

WIND 220° / 2 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING —

T/Td 5°C / -1°C

ALTIM 30.27 inHg

ELEV 4,457 FT

29.0927°S / 26.3024°E

LOCATION · Bloemfontein, ZA

WIND

220°2 kt

FABL · 4,457 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/2

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

5 / -1

ALTIM

30.27"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 220°/2 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 FABL 260000Z AUTO 22002KT 9999 // ///////// 05/M01 Q1025

FABL · day 26 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 220° at 2 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 5°C / dewpoint -1°C · altimeter 30.27" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

220°2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

02 HDG 020° —CALM —— 8,396'

20 HDG 200° —CALM —— 8,396'

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 7,202'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 7,202'

Pattern altitude: 5,457 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 -2°C

3,900FT

-557 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,457 FT OAT+5°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT4,109 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAKM (Kimberley Airport, Kimberley, elev 3,950 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+39%

-27%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+27%

-18%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+16%

-12%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL6,982 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+2)

04:37ZSUNRISE

10:18ZSOLAR NOON

15:58ZSUNSET

16:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT00:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 39m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:22Z (16h 03m) DAY LENGTH11h 20m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE14:56Z MOONSET02:17Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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