// Station · 16m ago

FACT

Cape Town International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 15°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 151 FT

33.9740°S / 18.6043°E

LOCATION · Cape Town, ZA

WIND

140°6 kt

FACT · 151 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

15 / 10

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 140°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM 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

METAR FACT 252200Z 14006KT CAVOK 15/10 Q1018 NOSIG

FACT · day 25 at 22:00 UTC · wind from 140° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 15°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

140°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

16★ HDG 160° H6 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,581'

19 HDG 190° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT 10,502'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

01 HDG 010° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

34 HDG 340° T6 kt X2 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 +0°C

0FT

-151 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV151 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT9 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 · 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 LEVEL7,727 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:14ZSUNRISE

10:49ZSOLAR NOON

16:23ZSUNSET

16:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:49Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 08m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE15:29Z MOONSET02:38Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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