// Station · 52m ago

FAEL

King Phalo Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 20°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 435 FT

33.0356°S / 27.8259°E

LOCATION · East London, ZA

WIND

200°8 kt

FAEL · 435 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

20 / 15

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 200°/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

METAR FAEL 271100Z 20008KT CAVOK 20/15 Q1018

FAEL · day 27 at 11:00 UTC · wind from 200° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 20°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

200°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

24★ HDG 240° H6 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,200'

11 HDG 110° H0 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

29 HDG 290° H0 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06 HDG 060° T6 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,435 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 +6°C

1,000FT

+565 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV435 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT293 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAPJ (Port St Johns Airport, Port St Johns, elev 1,227 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 · 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 LEVEL10,536 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:01ZSUNRISE

10:07ZSOLAR NOON

15:13ZSUNSET

15:39ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 20m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:39Z (3h 47m) DAY LENGTH10h 11m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE13:46Z MOONSET23:57Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of FAEL.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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