// Station · 49m ago

FAWB

Wonderboom Airport

CAT —

WIND 120° / 9 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 7°C / 2°C

ALTIM 30.56 inHg

ELEV 4,095 FT

25.6539°S / 28.2242°E

LOCATION · Pretoria, ZA

WIND

120°9 kt

FAWB · 4,095 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/9

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

7 / 2

ALTIM

30.56"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 120°/9 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 122300Z COR AUTO 12009KT //// // ////// 07/02 Q1035

FAWB · day 12 at 23:00 UTC · wind from 120° at 9 kt · temp 7°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 30.56" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

120°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

11★ HDG 110° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,998'

06 HDG 060° H5 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

24 HDG 240° T4 kt X8 kt LEFT —

29 HDG 290° T9 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 -1°C

3,300FT

-795 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,095 FT OAT+7°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT3,451 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAPN (Pilanesberg International Airport, Pilanesberg, elev 3,412 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+33%

-23%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+23%

-15%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+13%

-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 LEVEL7,630 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:38ZSUNRISE

10:13ZSOLAR NOON

15:48ZSUNSET

16:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:49Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:11Z (16h 22m) DAY LENGTH11h 09m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE04:22Z MOONSET15:32Z FULL MOON IN15 days

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