// Station · 17m ago

FAEL

King Phalo Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 230° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 17°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.24 inHg

ELEV 435 FT

33.0356°S / 27.8259°E

LOCATION · East London, ZA

WIND

230°8 kt

FAEL · 435 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

230°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

17 / 12

ALTIM

30.24"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 230°/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 251600Z 23008KT CAVOK 17/12 Q1024

FAEL · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 230° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 17°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 230° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

230°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

24★ HDG 240° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,200'

29 HDG 290° H4 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

11 HDG 110° T4 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

06 HDG 060° T8 kt X1 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 +2°C

400FT

-35 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV435 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT116 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAPE (Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), elev 226 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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 LEVEL9,021 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:36ZSUNRISE

10:12ZSOLAR NOON

15:47ZSUNSET

16:12ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:12Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 10m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:39Z MOONSET01:50Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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