// Station · 1h 3m ago · STALE

FAPE

Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 340° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 16°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 226 FT

33.9897°S / 25.6173°E

LOCATION · Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), ZA

WIND

340°8 kt

FAPE · 226 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

340°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW005

T / Td

16 / 16

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 340°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 500 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 130000Z 34008KT 9999 FEW005 16/16 Q1016 NOSIG

FAPE · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 340° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 500 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 340° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

340°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

35★ HDG 350° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,502'

26 HDG 260° H1 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

08 HDG 080° T1 kt X8 kt LEFT —

17 HDG 170° 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 +1°C

300FT

+74 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV226 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT144 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

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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)

FEW005

Few · base 500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL8,307 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:40ZSUNRISE

10:04ZSOLAR NOON

16:29ZSUNSET

16:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 25m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:55Z (15h 51m) DAY LENGTH12h 49m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:00Z MOONSET17:50Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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