// Station · 2m ago

FBSK

Sir Seretse Khama International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 040° / 4 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 23°C / 1°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 3,299 FT

24.5552°S / 25.9182°E

LOCATION · Gaborone, BW

WIND

040°4 kt

FBSK · 3,299 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/4

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

23 / 1

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 040°/4 kt. Visibility 6+ SM 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 FBSK 251700Z 04004KT CAVOK 23/01 Q1022 NOSIG

FBSK · day 25 at 17:00 UTC · wind from 040° at 4 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 23°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

040°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 13,123'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 13,123'

Pattern altitude: 4,299 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 +14°C

4,700FT

+1,401 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +700 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV3,299 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT3,039 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 4,700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,401 ft above FBSK's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+47%

-33%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+33%

-21%

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 LEVEL14,915 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:36ZSUNRISE

10:20ZSOLAR NOON

16:03ZSUNSET

16:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:26Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 27m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:40Z MOONSET02:07Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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