// Station · 23m ago

FAWB

Wonderboom Airport

CAT —

WIND 170° / 1 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 16°C / 2°C

ALTIM 30.27 inHg

ELEV 4,095 FT

25.6539°S / 28.2242°E

LOCATION · Pretoria, ZA

WIND

170°1 kt

FAWB · 4,095 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/1

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

16 / 2

ALTIM

30.27"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 170°/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 FAWB 252000Z AUTO 17001KT //// // ////// 16/02 Q1025

FAWB · day 25 at 20:00 UTC · wind from 170° at 1 kt · temp 16°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 30.27" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 1 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

170°1 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

11 HDG 110° —CALM —— 5,998'

29 HDG 290° —CALM —— 5,998'

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 4,200'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 4,200'

Pattern altitude: 5,095 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 +8°C

4,800FT

+705 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,095 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT3,747 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 MINOR

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 LEVEL12,176 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:28ZSUNRISE

10:10ZSOLAR NOON

15:53ZSUNSET

16:16ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:16Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 25m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:38Z MOONSET02:04Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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