// Station · 30m ago

FALE

King Shaka International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 220° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,000 ft

T/Td 19°C / 18°C

ALTIM 30.21 inHg

ELEV 295 FT

29.6144°S / 31.1197°E

LOCATION · Durban, ZA

WIND

220°10 kt

FALE · 295 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 05Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN020

LAYERS

FEW016 BKN020

T / Td

19 / 18

ALTIM

30.21"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,000 ft. Moderate winds at 220°/10 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,600 ft, and broken at 2,000 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI FALE 180521Z 22010KT 9999 FEW016 BKN020 19/18 Q1023 NOSIG

FALE · day 18 at 05:21 UTC · wind from 220° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,600 ft · broken layer at 2,000 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 30.21" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

220°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

24★ HDG 240° H9 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 12,139'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06 HDG 060° T9 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,295 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 +4°C

500FT

+205 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV295 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT6 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAMG (Margate Airport, Margate, elev 495 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+5%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-2%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN020

Broken · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW016

Few · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL9,891 ft VFR MARGIN-1,000 ft

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

04:27ZSUNRISE

10:00ZSOLAR NOON

15:34ZSUNSET

15:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT05:51Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 42m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:58Z (10h 07m) DAY LENGTH11h 06m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION25% MOONRISE08:27Z MOONSET19:34Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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