// Station · 56m ago

FACT

Cape Town International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 330° / 11 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,500 ft

T/Td 17°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 151 FT

33.9740°S / 18.6043°E

LOCATION · Cape Town, ZA

WIND

330°11 kt

FACT · 151 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/11

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN025

LAYERS

SCT015 BKN025

T / Td

17 / 13

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,500 ft. Moderate winds at 330°/11 kt, visibility 6+ SM, scattered at 1,500 ft, and broken at 2,500 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR FACT 271200Z 33011KT 9999 SCT015 BKN025 17/13 Q1018 NOSIG

FACT · day 27 at 12:00 UTC · wind from 330° at 11 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 1,500 ft · broken layer at 2,500 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 11 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

330°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

34★ HDG 340° H11 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,581'

01 HDG 010° H8 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 64%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

19 HDG 190° T8 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

16 HDG 160° T11 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 +2°C

300FT

+149 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV151 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT9 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAVR (Vredendal Airport, Vredendal, elev 330 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN025

Broken · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT015

Scattered · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL8,737 ft VFR MARGIN-500 ft

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

05:40ZSUNRISE

10:44ZSOLAR NOON

15:47ZSUNSET

16:14ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:56Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 51m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:14Z (3h 18m) DAY LENGTH10h 07m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE14:27Z MOONSET00:34Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 1 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

FALW

—

Langebaanweg Airport · Langebaanweg

WIND: 030° / 2 kt
VIS: —
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 64 NM N
AGE: 56m ago

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