// Station · 10h 7m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FAGM

Rand Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26°C / -1°C

ALTIM 30.21 inHg

ELEV 5,483 FT

26.2425°S / 28.1512°E

LOCATION · Johannesburg, ZA

WIND

300°5 kt

FAGM · 5,483 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / -1

ALTIM

30.21"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 300°/5 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 FAGM 121500Z 30005KT CAVOK 26/M01 Q1023

FAGM · day 12 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 300° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint -1°C · altimeter 30.21" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

300°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

29★ HDG 290° H5 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,617'

35 HDG 350° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT 4,898'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

17 HDG 170° T3 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

11 HDG 110° T5 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 6,483 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 +21°C

7,700FT

+2,217 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,483 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+21°C PRESSURE ALT5,194 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 7,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,217 ft above FAGM's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+77%

-54%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+54%

-35%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+31%

-23%

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 LEVEL18,614 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:35ZSUNRISE

09:54ZSOLAR NOON

16:13ZSUNSET

16:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 05m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:37Z (15h 29m) DAY LENGTH12h 38m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE04:56Z MOONSET17:34Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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