// Station · 17m ago

FAMM

Mmabatho International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 040° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 21°C / 6°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 4,181 FT

25.7984°S / 25.5480°E

LOCATION · Mafeking, ZA

WIND

040°5 kt

FAMM · 4,181 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

21 / 6

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 040°/5 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 FAMM 131700Z 04005KT CAVOK 21/06 Q1021 NOSIG

FAMM · day 13 at 17:00 UTC · wind from 040° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

040°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

04★ HDG 040° H5 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 15,157'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

22 HDG 220° T5 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 5,181 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 +14°C

5,600FT

+1,419 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,181 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT3,951 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAOR (O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, elev 5,558 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+56%

-39%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+39%

-25%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+22%

-17%

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 LEVEL14,787 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:19ZSUNRISE

10:15ZSOLAR NOON

16:11ZSUNSET

16:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:34Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 52m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE05:50Z MOONSET17:42Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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