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FALW

Langebaanweg Airport
CAT
WIND 200° / 6 kt
VIS
CEILING
T/Td 16°C / 11°C
ALTIM 30.03 inHg
ELEV 108 FT
32.9689°S / 18.1603°E
LOCATION · Langebaanweg, ZA
N
WIND
200°6 kt
FALW · 108 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 17Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
200°/6
 
 
 
VIS
 
 
 
CEILING
CLR
 
 
 
LAYERS
 
 
 
T / Td
16 / 11
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.03"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 200°/6 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 FALW 251700Z AUTO 20006KT //// // ////// 16/11 Q1017

FALW · day 25 at 17:00 UTC · wind from 200° at 6 kt · temp 16°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 6 kt
4 USABLE · 4 AVOID
N
WIND
200°6 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable
20R HDG 200° H6 kt X0 kt PRIMARY · 7,680'
20L HDG 200° H6 kt X0 kt 7,689'
16 HDG 160° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT 6,533'
25 HDG 250° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT 4,935'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 4 ends
07 HDG 070° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT
34 HDG 340° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT
02L HDG 020° T6 kt X0 kt
02R HDG 020° T6 kt X0 kt
Pattern altitude: 1,108 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 +1°C

100FT
-8 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV108 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT-4 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAOB (Overberg Airport, Overberg, elev 52 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+1%
-1%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+1%
-0%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+0%
-0%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 8,189 FT FALW ELEV · 108 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
CLR
No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL8,189 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+1)

05:15ZSUNRISE
10:51ZSOLAR NOON
16:26ZSUNSET
16:51ZCIVIL END
CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:51Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 11m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:21Z MOONSET02:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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