// Station · 8m ago

FAKN

Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 050° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 26°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 2,829 FT

25.3833°S / 31.1053°E

LOCATION · Mbombela, ZA

WIND

050°10 kt

FAKN · 2,829 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 10

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 050°/10 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 FAKN 251400Z 05010KT CAVOK 26/10 Q1021 NOSIG

FAKN · day 25 at 14:00 UTC · wind from 050° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 26°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

050°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

05★ HDG 050° H10 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 10,171'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

23 HDG 230° T10 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 3,829 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 +16°C

4,500FT

+1,671 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,829 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT2,599 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAMB (Middelburg Airport, Middelburg, elev 4,886 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+45%

-32%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+32%

-20%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+18%

-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 LEVEL15,960 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:16ZSUNRISE

09:59ZSOLAR NOON

15:42ZSUNSET

16:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 33m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:05Z (1h 56m) DAY LENGTH11h 25m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE14:14Z MOONSET01:40Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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