// Station · 23m ago

FAUT

K. D. Matanzima Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 270° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,500 ft

T/Td 13°C / 11°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 2,400 FT

31.5464°S / 28.6734°E

LOCATION · Mthatha, ZA

WIND

270°6 kt

FAUT · 2,400 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 03Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN025

LAYERS

BKN025

T / Td

13 / 11

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,500 ft. Light winds at 270°/6 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 2,500 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR FAUT 130300Z 27006KT 9999 BKN025 13/11 Q1021 RETS

FAUT · day 13 at 03:00 UTC · wind from 270° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 2,500 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

270°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

27★ HDG 270° H6 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 4,921'

32 HDG 320° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT 8,530'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

14 HDG 140° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

09 HDG 090° T6 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 3,400 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 +2°C

2,400FT

+0 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,400 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT2,170 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAGR (Graaff Reinet Airport, Graaff-Reinet, elev 2,604 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+24%

-17%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+17%

-11%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+10%

-7%

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)

BKN025

Broken · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL8,966 ft VFR MARGIN-500 ft

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

03:29ZSUNRISE

09:52ZSOLAR NOON

16:15ZSUNSET

16:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 51m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:40Z (13h 16m) DAY LENGTH12h 45m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE04:55Z MOONSET17:41Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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