// Station · 11m ago

FAPE

Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,200 ft

T/Td 15°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.30 inHg

ELEV 226 FT

33.9897°S / 25.6173°E

LOCATION · Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), ZA

WIND

250°8 kt

FAPE · 226 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN032

LAYERS

FEW018 BKN032

T / Td

15 / 13

ALTIM

30.30"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,200 ft. Moderate winds at 250°/8 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,800 ft, and broken at 3,200 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 FAPE 251800Z 25008KT 9999 FEW018 BKN032 15/13 Q1026 NOSIG

FAPE · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 250° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · broken layer at 3,200 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.30" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

250°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

26★ HDG 260° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,087'

17 HDG 170° H1 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35 HDG 350° T1 kt X8 kt LEFT —

08 HDG 080° T8 kt X1 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 +0°C

-200FT

-426 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV226 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT-152 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

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN032

Broken · base 3,200 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW018

Few · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL7,802 ft VFR MARGIN+200 ft

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

04:46ZSUNRISE

10:21ZSOLAR NOON

15:55ZSUNSET

16:21ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:21Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 08m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:53Z MOONSET02:02Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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