// Station · 1h 1m ago · STALE

FAWK

Waterkloof Air Force Base

CAT —

WIND 060° / 7 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 19°C / 6°C

ALTIM 30.24 inHg

ELEV 4,940 FT

25.8300°S / 28.2225°E

LOCATION · Pretoria, ZA

WIND

060°7 kt

FAWK · 4,940 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/7

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

19 / 6

ALTIM

30.24"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 060°/7 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 130100Z AUTO 06007KT //// // ////// 19/06 Q1024

FAWK · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 060° at 7 kt · temp 19°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

060°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

06★ HDG 060° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 6,299'

01 HDG 010° H4 kt X5 kt RIGHT 11,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

19 HDG 190° T4 kt X5 kt LEFT —

24 HDG 240° T7 kt X0 kt — —

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 +13°C

6,200FT

+1,260 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,940 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT4,621 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAEO (Ermelo Airport, Ermelo, elev 5,700 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+62%

-43%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+43%

-28%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+25%

-19%

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 LEVEL14,536 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:35ZSUNRISE

09:54ZSOLAR NOON

16:13ZSUNSET

16:36ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 11m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:36Z (14h 35m) DAY LENGTH12h 37m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE04:58Z MOONSET17:36Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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