// Station · 17m ago

FAKM

Kimberley Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 23°C / -7°C

ALTIM 30.21 inHg

ELEV 3,950 FT

28.8054°S / 24.7649°E

LOCATION · Kimberley, ZA

WIND

240°5 kt

FAKM · 3,950 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

23 / -7

ALTIM

30.21"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 240°/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 FAKM 251600Z 24005KT CAVOK 23/M07 Q1023 NOSIG

FAKM · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 240° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint -7°C · altimeter 30.21" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

240°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

20★ HDG 200° H4 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,843'

28 HDG 280° H4 kt X3 kt LEFT 8,002'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

02 HDG 020° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

10 HDG 100° T4 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 +15°C

5,500FT

+1,550 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,950 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT3,661 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FABM (Bethlehem Airport, Bethlehem, elev 5,561 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+55%

-39%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+39%

-25%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+22%

-17%

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 LEVEL15,566 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:44ZSUNRISE

10:24ZSOLAR NOON

16:04ZSUNSET

16:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:28Z (10m) DAY LENGTH11h 19m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:47Z MOONSET02:06Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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