// Station · 6h 14m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FAEL

King Phalo Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 040° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,600 ft

T/Td 14°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.65 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 435 FT

33.0356°S / 27.8259°E

LOCATION · East London, ZA

WIND

040°8 kt

FAEL · 435 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN016

LAYERS

BKN016

T / Td

14 / 12

ALTIM

30.65"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,600 ft. Moderate winds at 040°/8 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 1,600 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR FAEL 121800Z 04008KT 9999 -RA BKN016 14/12 Q1038 RERA

FAEL · day 12 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 040° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 1,600 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.65" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

040°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

06★ HDG 060° H8 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,200'

11 HDG 110° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

29 HDG 290° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

24 HDG 240° T8 kt X3 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

-500FT

-935 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV435 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT-297 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -500 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -935 ft above FAEL's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN016

Broken · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL7,506 ft VFR MARGIN-1,400 ft

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

04:50ZSUNRISE

10:15ZSOLAR NOON

15:39ZSUNSET

16:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT00:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:05Z (15h 50m) DAY LENGTH10h 49m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE04:34Z MOONSET15:24Z FULL MOON IN15 days

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