// Station · 10m ago

FAEL

King Phalo Airport

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 1 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 14°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.24 inHg

ELEV 435 FT

33.0356°S / 27.8259°E

LOCATION · East London, ZA

WIND

VRB1 kt

FAEL · 435 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/1

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW034

T / Td

14 / 12

ALTIM

30.24"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at variable/1 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,400 ft. 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 111500Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW034 14/12 Q1024

FAEL · day 11 at 15:00 UTC · wind variable at 1 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,400 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 1 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB1 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

11 HDG 110° —CALM —— 6,362'

29 HDG 290° —CALM —— 6,362'

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 5,200'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 5,200'

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 -1°C

0FT

-435 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV435 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA-1°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 MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW034

Few · base 3,400 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL7,506 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:12ZSUNRISE

10:15ZSOLAR NOON

15:18ZSUNSET

15:45ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:45Z (34m) DAY LENGTH10h 06m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE02:38Z MOONSET12:44Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of FAEL.

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