// Station · 9m ago

FAGG

George Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 16°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.21 inHg

ELEV 648 FT

34.0056°S / 22.3789°E

LOCATION · George, ZA

WIND

170°9 kt

FAGG · 648 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW035

T / Td

16 / 10

ALTIM

30.21"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 170°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,500 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 FAGG 251400Z 17009KT 9999 FEW035 16/10 Q1023

FAGG · day 25 at 14:00 UTC · wind from 170° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,500 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.21" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

170°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

11★ HDG 110° H5 kt X8 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,562'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

29 HDG 290° T4 kt X8 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,648 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

600FT

-48 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV648 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT359 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FARS (Robertson Airport, Robertson, elev 640 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-2%

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)

FEW035

Few · base 3,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL8,729 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+1)

04:59ZSUNRISE

10:34ZSOLAR NOON

16:08ZSUNSET

16:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:09Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 59m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:34Z (2h 24m) DAY LENGTH11h 08m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE14:57Z MOONSET02:06Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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