// Station · 24m ago

FAGM

Rand Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 14°C / -2°C

ALTIM 30.39 inHg

ELEV 5,483 FT

26.2425°S / 28.1512°E

LOCATION · Johannesburg, ZA

WIND

190°5 kt

FAGM · 5,483 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 07Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

14 / -2

ALTIM

30.39"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 190°/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 170700Z 19005KT CAVOK 14/M02 Q1029

FAGM · day 17 at 07:00 UTC · wind from 190° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 14°C / dewpoint -2°C · altimeter 30.39" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

190°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

17★ HDG 170° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,898'

11 HDG 110° H1 kt X5 kt RIGHT 5,617'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

29 HDG 290° T1 kt X5 kt LEFT —

35 HDG 350° T5 kt X2 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 +9°C

6,100FT

+617 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,483 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT5,017 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAEO (Ermelo Airport, Ermelo, elev 5,700 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+61%

-43%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+43%

-27%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+24%

-18%

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 LEVEL12,554 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:36ZSUNRISE

10:12ZSOLAR NOON

15:49ZSUNSET

16:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT07:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:13Z (8h 49m) DAY LENGTH11h 13m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION17% MOONRISE07:50Z MOONSET19:03Z FULL MOON IN11 days

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