// Station · 16m ago

FAUP

Upington Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 2 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 28°C / -3°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 2,782 FT

28.4002°S / 21.2636°E

LOCATION · Upington, ZA

WIND

170°2 kt

FAUP · 2,782 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/2

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / -3

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 170°/2 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 251600Z 17002KT CAVOK 28/M03 Q1020 NOSIG

FAUP · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 170° at 2 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 28°C / dewpoint -3°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

170°2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 16,076'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 16,076'

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 7,998'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 7,998'

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 2,736'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 2,736'

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 +18°C

4,800FT

+2,018 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,782 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT2,581 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FALC (Lime Acres Finsch Mine Airport, Lime Acres, elev 4,900 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

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 LEVEL16,923 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:58ZSUNRISE

10:38ZSOLAR NOON

16:18ZSUNSET

16:42ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:42Z (26m) DAY LENGTH11h 20m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:00Z MOONSET02:21Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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