// Station · 25m ago

FABL

Bram Fischer International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 16°C / 3°C

ALTIM 30.56 inHg

ELEV 4,457 FT

29.0927°S / 26.3024°E

LOCATION · Bloemfontein, ZA

WIND

030°7 kt

FABL · 4,457 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW035

T / Td

16 / 3

ALTIM

30.56"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 030°/7 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 131100Z 03007KT 330V060 9999 FEW035 16/03 Q1035 NOSIG

FABL · day 13 at 11:00 UTC · wind from 030° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,500 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 30.56" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 7 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

030°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

02★ HDG 020° H7 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,396'

12 HDG 120° H0 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

30 HDG 300° H0 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

20 HDG 200° T7 kt X1 kt LEFT —

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 +9°C

4,800FT

+343 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,457 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT3,813 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAFF (Frankfort Airport, Frankfort, elev 5,176 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+48%

-34%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+34%

-22%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+19%

-14%

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 LEVEL12,538 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:50ZSUNRISE

10:21ZSOLAR NOON

15:51ZSUNSET

16:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:25Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 26m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:15Z (4h 50m) DAY LENGTH11h 00m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE04:58Z MOONSET15:58Z FULL MOON IN15 days

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