// Station · 21m ago

FASI

Springs Airfield

CAT —

WIND 010° / 1 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 5°C / 4°C

ALTIM 30.42 inHg

ELEV 5,340 FT

26.2494°S / 28.3983°E

LOCATION · Del Fouche, ZA

WIND

010°1 kt

FASI · 5,340 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

010°/1

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

5 / 4

ALTIM

30.42"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 010°/1 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

METAR FASI 290300Z AUTO 01001KT //// // ////// 05/04 Q1030

FASI · day 29 at 03:00 UTC · wind from 010° at 1 kt · temp 5°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 30.42" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 010° @ 1 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

010°1 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

03 HDG 030° —CALM —— 5,249'

21 HDG 210° —CALM —— 5,249'

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 1,818'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 1,818'

Pattern altitude: 6,340 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

4,800FT

-540 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV5,340 FT OAT+5°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT4,844 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FASK (Swartkop Air Force Base, Pretoria, elev 4,780 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+48%

-34%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+34%

-22%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+19%

-14%

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 LEVEL7,865 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:24ZSUNRISE

10:08ZSOLAR NOON

15:53ZSUNSET

16:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:21Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 32m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:17Z (12h 55m) DAY LENGTH11h 29m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE17:15Z MOONSET04:45Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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