// Station · 1h 17m ago · STALE

FAWK

Waterkloof Air Force Base

CAT —

WIND 210° / 2 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 17°C / 3°C

ALTIM 30.45 inHg

ELEV 4,940 FT

25.8300°S / 28.2225°E

LOCATION · Pretoria, ZA

WIND

210°2 kt

FAWK · 4,940 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 07Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/2

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

17 / 3

ALTIM

30.45"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 210°/2 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 170700Z AUTO 21002KT //// // ////// 17/03 Q1031

FAWK · day 17 at 07:00 UTC · wind from 210° at 2 kt · temp 17°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 30.45" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

210°2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 11,001'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 11,001'

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 6,299'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 6,299'

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 +11°C

5,700FT

+760 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,940 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+11°C PRESSURE ALT4,415 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FAOR (O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, elev 5,558 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+57%

-40%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+40%

-26%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+23%

-17%

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 LEVEL13,526 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:35ZSUNRISE

10:12ZSOLAR NOON

15:49ZSUNSET

16:13ZCIVIL END

CURRENT08:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 32m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:13Z (7h 56m) DAY LENGTH11h 14m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION17% MOONRISE07:51Z MOONSET19:05Z FULL MOON IN11 days

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