// Station · 15h 24m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FABM

Bethlehem Airport

CAT —

WIND 190° / 6 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 16°C / 9°C

ALTIM 30.53 inHg

ELEV 5,561 FT

28.2484°S / 28.3361°E

LOCATION · Bethlehem, ZA

WIND

190°6 kt

FABM · 5,561 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 07Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/6

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

16 / 9

ALTIM

30.53"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 190°/6 kt. Visibility unreported 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

SPECI FABM 280741Z AUTO 19006KT //// // ////// 16/09 Q1034

FABM · day 28 at 07:41 UTC · wind from 190° at 6 kt · temp 16°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.53" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

190°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

13★ HDG 130° H3 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,301'

11 HDG 110° H1 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

29 HDG 290° T1 kt X6 kt LEFT —

31 HDG 310° T3 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 6,561 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 +11°C

6,200FT

+639 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,561 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT4,947 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 · 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 LEVEL13,642 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:25ZSUNRISE

10:09ZSOLAR NOON

15:52ZSUNSET

16:16ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 47m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:16Z (17h 10m) DAY LENGTH11h 26m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE17:08Z MOONSET04:35Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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