// Station · 35m ago

FAKM

Kimberley Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 350° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 18°C / 2°C

ALTIM 30.36 inHg

ELEV 3,950 FT

28.8054°S / 24.7649°E

LOCATION · Kimberley, ZA

WIND

350°6 kt

FAKM · 3,950 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 07Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

18 / 2

ALTIM

30.36"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 350°/6 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 FAKM 170700Z 35006KT CAVOK 18/02 Q1028 NOSIG

FAKM · day 17 at 07:00 UTC · wind from 350° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 18°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 30.36" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

350°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

02★ HDG 020° H5 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,843'

28 HDG 280° H2 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

10 HDG 100° T2 kt X6 kt LEFT —

20 HDG 200° T5 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 4,950 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 +10°C

4,700FT

+750 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,950 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT3,513 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FALC (Lime Acres Finsch Mine Airport, Lime Acres, elev 4,900 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+47%

-33%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+33%

-21%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+19%

-14%

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 LEVEL13,041 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:52ZSUNRISE

10:26ZSOLAR NOON

16:00ZSUNSET

16:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT07:35Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:24Z (8h 49m) DAY LENGTH11h 07m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION17% MOONRISE08:07Z MOONSET19:14Z FULL MOON IN11 days

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