// Station · 1h 9m ago · STALE

FAWK

Waterkloof Air Force Base

CAT —

WIND 280° / 8 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 26°C / 3°C

ALTIM 30.30 inHg

ELEV 4,940 FT

25.8300°S / 28.2225°E

LOCATION · Pretoria, ZA

WIND

280°8 kt

FAWK · 4,940 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/8

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

26 / 3

ALTIM

30.30"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 280°/8 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 FAWK 251300Z AUTO 28008KT //// // ////// 26/03 Q1026

FAWK · day 25 at 13:00 UTC · wind from 280° at 8 kt · temp 26°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 30.30" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

280°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

24★ HDG 240° H6 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,299'

01 HDG 010° H0 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

19 HDG 190° H0 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06 HDG 060° T6 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 5,940 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 +20°C

7,000FT

+2,060 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,940 FT OAT+26°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT4,562 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 7,000 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,060 ft above FAWK's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+70%

-49%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+49%

-32%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+28%

-21%

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 LEVEL18,071 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:28ZSUNRISE

10:10ZSOLAR NOON

15:53ZSUNSET

16:16ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:09Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 43m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:16Z (2h 06m) DAY LENGTH11h 25m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION93% MOONRISE14:26Z MOONSET01:51Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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