// Station · 15h 41m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FADY

De Aar Military Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 20°C / 6°C

ALTIM 30.39 inHg

ELEV 4,037 FT

30.6365°S / 23.9197°E

LOCATION · De Aar, ZA

WIND

320°8 kt

FADY · 4,037 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 07Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

20 / 6

ALTIM

30.39"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 320°/8 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 280724Z 32008KT CAVOK 20/06 Q1029

FADY · day 28 at 07:24 UTC · wind from 320° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 20°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 30.39" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

320°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

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

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

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 +12°C

5,000FT

+963 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,037 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT3,571 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 · 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 LEVEL14,138 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:45ZSUNRISE

10:26ZSOLAR NOON

16:08ZSUNSET

16:32ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:32Z (17h 27m) DAY LENGTH11h 22m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE17:28Z MOONSET04:50Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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