// Station · 1h 5m ago · STALE

FAUP

Upington Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 010° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 17°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 2,782 FT

28.4002°S / 21.2636°E

LOCATION · Upington, ZA

WIND

010°5 kt

FAUP · 2,782 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

010°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

17 / 10

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 010°/5 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.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR FAUP 130000Z 01005KT CAVOK 17/10 Q1020 NOSIG

FAUP · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · wind from 010° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 17°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 010° @ 5 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

010°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

01★ HDG 010° H5 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 7,998'

35 HDG 350° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT 16,076'

08 HDG 080° H2 kt X5 kt LEFT 2,736'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

26 HDG 260° T2 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

19 HDG 190° T5 kt X0 kt — —

17 HDG 170° T5 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 3,782 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 +7°C

3,400FT

+618 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,782 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT2,581 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FACV (Calvinia Airport, Calvinia, elev 3,250 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+34%

-24%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+24%

-15%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-10%

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 LEVEL11,368 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:01ZSUNRISE

10:22ZSOLAR NOON

16:42ZSUNSET

17:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:06Z (16h 01m) DAY LENGTH12h 41m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:22Z MOONSET18:03Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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