// Station · 21h 3m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FASB

Springbok Airport

CAT —

WIND 290° / 3 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 21°C / -2°C

ALTIM 30.24 inHg

ELEV 2,690 FT

29.6893°S / 17.9396°E

LOCATION · Springbok, ZA

WIND

290°3 kt

FASB · 2,690 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 07Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/3

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

21 / -2

ALTIM

30.24"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 290°/3 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

SPECI FASB 170746Z AUTO 29003KT //// // ////// 21/M02 Q1024

FASB · day 17 at 07:46 UTC · wind from 290° at 3 kt · temp 21°C / dewpoint -2°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

290°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

10 HDG 100° —CALM —— 5,213'

28 HDG 280° —CALM —— 5,213'

Pattern altitude: 3,690 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 +11°C

3,700FT

+1,010 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV2,690 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT2,371 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FASS (Sishen Airport, Sishen, elev 3,848 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+37%

-26%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+26%

-17%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+15%

-11%

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 LEVEL13,296 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:20ZSUNRISE

10:53ZSOLAR NOON

16:26ZSUNSET

16:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT04:49Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:51Z (12h 01m) DAY LENGTH11h 06m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION25% MOONRISE09:18Z MOONSET20:24Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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