// Station · 1h 3m ago · STALE

FACT

Cape Town International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 3 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 13°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 151 FT

33.9740°S / 18.6043°E

LOCATION · Cape Town, ZA

WIND

210°3 kt

FACT · 151 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/3

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW035

T / Td

13 / 13

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 210°/3 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 FACT 130000Z COR 21003KT 9999 FEW035 13/13 Q1020 NOSIG

FACT · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 210° at 3 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,500 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

210°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 10,502'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 10,502'

16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 5,581'

34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 5,581'

Pattern altitude: 1,151 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

-300FT

-451 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV151 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT-50 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FASD (Saldanha/Vredenburg Airport, Saldanha-Vredenburg, elev 50 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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 LEVEL6,717 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+1)

04:08ZSUNRISE

10:33ZSOLAR NOON

16:57ZSUNSET

17:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 54m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:23Z (16h 20m) DAY LENGTH12h 49m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:28Z MOONSET18:18Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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