// Station · 49m ago

FACT

Cape Town International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 16 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 13°C / 8°C

ALTIM 30.45 inHg

ELEV 151 FT

33.9740°S / 18.6043°E

LOCATION · Cape Town, ZA

WIND

140°16 kt

FACT · 151 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/16

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

13 / 8

ALTIM

30.45"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 140°/16 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 4,000 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 170000Z 14016KT 9999 FEW040 13/08 Q1031 NOSIG

FACT · day 17 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 140° at 16 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 30.45" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 16 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

140°16 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

16★ HDG 160° H15 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,581'

19 HDG 190° H10 kt X12 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 75%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

01 HDG 010° T10 kt X12 kt RIGHT —

34 HDG 340° T15 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

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 -3°C

-700FT

-851 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV151 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT-374 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -851 ft above FACT's actual elevation.

// 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)

FEW040

Few · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL6,717 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:43ZSUNRISE

10:41ZSOLAR NOON

16:39ZSUNSET

17:04ZCIVIL END

CURRENT00:49Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 49m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:04Z (16h 14m) DAY LENGTH11h 55m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION27% MOONRISE08:56Z MOONSET20:51Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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