// Station · 7h 6m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FABL

Bram Fischer International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 4,457 FT

29.0927°S / 26.3024°E

LOCATION · Bloemfontein, ZA

WIND

270°5 kt

FABL · 4,457 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW035

T / Td

23 / 13

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,500 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 FABL 121800Z 27005KT 9999 FEW035 23/13 Q1021 NOSIG

FABL · day 12 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 270° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,500 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

270°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

30★ HDG 300° H4 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,202'

20 HDG 200° H2 kt X5 kt RIGHT 8,396'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

02 HDG 020° T2 kt X5 kt LEFT —

12 HDG 120° T4 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

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 +16°C

6,200FT

+1,743 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,457 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT4,227 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAEO (Ermelo Airport, Ermelo, elev 5,700 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+62%

-43%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+43%

-28%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+25%

-19%

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)

FEW035

Few · base 3,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,073 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:41ZSUNRISE

10:02ZSOLAR NOON

16:23ZSUNSET

16:47ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 17m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:47Z (15h 41m) DAY LENGTH12h 42m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:02Z MOONSET17:44Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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