// Station · 13h 55m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FADY

De Aar Military Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 24°C / 0°C

ALTIM 30.33 inHg

ELEV 4,037 FT

30.6365°S / 23.9197°E

LOCATION · De Aar, ZA

WIND

280°9 kt

FADY · 4,037 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

24 / 0

ALTIM

30.33"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 280°/9 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 180943Z 28009KT CAVOK 24/00 Q1027

FADY · day 18 at 09:43 UTC · wind from 280° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 0°C · altimeter 30.33" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

280°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

30★ HDG 300° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,480'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T8 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

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 +16°C

5,600FT

+1,563 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +1,100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV4,037 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT3,630 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FABM (Bethlehem Airport, Bethlehem, elev 5,561 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+56%

-39%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+39%

-25%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+22%

-17%

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 LEVEL16,158 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:56ZSUNRISE

10:29ZSOLAR NOON

16:02ZSUNSET

16:27ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:38Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 23m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:27Z (16h 48m) DAY LENGTH11h 05m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION32% MOONRISE09:32Z MOONSET20:38Z FULL MOON IN9 days

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