// Station · 27m ago

FAPE

Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 040° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 18°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.39 inHg

ELEV 226 FT

33.9897°S / 25.6173°E

LOCATION · Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), ZA

WIND

040°10 kt

FAPE · 226 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

18 / 12

ALTIM

30.39"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 040°/10 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.

Loading TAF forecast narrative…

SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)

// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →

// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR FAPE 131100Z 04010KT CAVOK 18/12 Q1029 NOSIG

FAPE · day 13 at 11:00 UTC · wind from 040° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 18°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.39" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

040°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

08★ HDG 080° H8 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,087'

35 HDG 350° H6 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 80%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

17 HDG 170° T6 kt X8 kt LEFT —

26 HDG 260° T8 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,226 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 +3°C

100FT

-126 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV226 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT-240 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAEL (King Phalo Airport, East London, elev 435 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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL9,317 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:00ZSUNRISE

10:23ZSOLAR NOON

15:47ZSUNSET

16:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:27Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 19m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:13Z (4h 45m) DAY LENGTH10h 46m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE05:07Z MOONSET15:54Z FULL MOON IN15 days

// Nearest reporting stations

Loading nearest reporting stations…

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

AIRSPACE

// Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.

Get METAR Deck →