// Station · 16m ago

FALE

King Shaka International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 200° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 19°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 295 FT

29.6144°S / 31.1197°E

LOCATION · Durban, ZA

WIND

200°6 kt

FALE · 295 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT020

T / Td

19 / 15

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 200°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 2,000 ft. 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 FALE 251600Z 20006KT 9999 SCT020 19/15 Q1022 NOSIG

FALE · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 200° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,000 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

200°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

24★ HDG 240° H5 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 12,139'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06 HDG 060° T5 kt X4 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 ALT35 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT020

Scattered · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL9,891 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:20ZSUNRISE

09:59ZSOLAR NOON

15:38ZSUNSET

16:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:02Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 17m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:22Z MOONSET01:40Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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