// Station · 19m ago

FALA

Lanseria International Airport

CAT —

WIND 200° / 5 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 15°C / -1°C

ALTIM 30.33 inHg

ELEV 4,517 FT

25.9390°S / 27.9266°E

LOCATION · Johannesburg, ZA

WIND

200°5 kt

FALA · 4,517 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/5

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

15 / -1

ALTIM

30.33"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 200°/5 kt. Visibility unreported 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 FALA 252200Z AUTO 20005KT //// ///////// 15/M01 Q1027

FALA · day 25 at 22:00 UTC · wind from 200° at 5 kt · temp 15°C / dewpoint -1°C · altimeter 30.33" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

200°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

25★ HDG 250° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,996'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

07 HDG 070° T3 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 5,517 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 +8°C

5,100FT

+583 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,517 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT4,110 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAWK (Waterkloof Air Force Base, Pretoria, elev 4,940 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+51%

-36%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+36%

-23%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+20%

-15%

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 LEVEL12,093 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:28ZSUNRISE

10:11ZSOLAR NOON

15:54ZSUNSET

16:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 34m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:18Z (17h 58m) DAY LENGTH11h 26m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE14:43Z MOONSET02:09Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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