// Station · 20h 14m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FADY

De Aar Military Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 030° / 4 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 21°C / 14°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 4,037 FT

30.6365°S / 23.9197°E

LOCATION · De Aar, ZA

WIND

030°4 kt

FADY · 4,037 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 05Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

030°/4

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

21 / 14

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 030°/4 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

SPECI FADY 120541Z 03004KT CAVOK 21/14 Q1022

FADY · day 12 at 05:41 UTC · wind from 030° at 4 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 030° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

030°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

12 HDG 120° —CALM —— 7,480'

30 HDG 300° —CALM —— 7,480'

Pattern altitude: 5,037 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 +13°C

5,400FT

+1,363 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,037 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT3,777 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

+54%

-38%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+38%

-24%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+22%

-16%

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 LEVEL14,643 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+2)

03:49ZSUNRISE

10:11ZSOLAR NOON

16:34ZSUNSET

16:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:55Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:58Z (15h 02m) DAY LENGTH12h 44m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:12Z MOONSET17:56Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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