// Station · 12h 59m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FACV

Calvinia Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 230° / 11 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 10,000 ft

T/Td 24°C / -2°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 3,250 FT

31.5003°S / 19.7259°E

LOCATION · Calvinia, ZA

WIND

230°11 kt

FACV · 3,250 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/11

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN100

LAYERS

SCT050 BKN100

T / Td

24 / -2

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Moderate winds at 230°/11 kt, visibility 6+ SM, scattered at 5,000 ft, and broken at 10,000 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

SPECI FACV 121328Z 23011KT 9999 SCT050TCU BKN100 24/M02 Q1017 RETS

FACV · day 12 at 13:28 UTC · wind from 230° at 11 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint -2°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 11 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

230°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H8 kt X7 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,101'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T8 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 4,250 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 +15°C

5,000FT

+1,750 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,250 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT3,138 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FALC (Lime Acres Finsch Mine Airport, Lime Acres, elev 4,900 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+50%

-35%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+35%

-23%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+20%

-15%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT050

Scattered · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL15,371 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

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

04:05ZSUNRISE

10:28ZSOLAR NOON

16:51ZSUNSET

17:16ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:27Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 24m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:16Z (14h 48m) DAY LENGTH12h 45m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:29Z MOONSET18:15Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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