// Station · 22m ago

FHAW

RAF Ascension Island

CAT MVFR

WIND 150° / 13 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,800 ft

T/Td 24°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 278 FT

7.9702°S / 14.3927°W

LOCATION · Cat Hill, SH

WIND

150°13 kt

FHAW · 278 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 04Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/13

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN018

LAYERS

BKN018 OVC034

T / Td

24 / 19

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,800 ft. Brisk winds at 150°/13 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 1,800 ft, and overcast at 3,400 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR FHAW 180450Z AUTO 15013KT 9999 BKN018/// OVC034/// 24/19 Q1016

FHAW · day 18 at 04:50 UTC · wind from 150° at 13 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 1,800 ft · overcast at 3,400 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 13 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

150°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

13★ HDG 130° H12 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,019'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T12 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,278 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 +9°C

1,300FT

+1,022 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV278 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT196 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FHSH (Saint Helena International Airport, Jamestown, elev 1,017 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC034

Overcast · base 3,400 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN018

Broken · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,399 ft VFR MARGIN-1,200 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-1)

07:06ZSUNRISE

13:02ZSOLAR NOON

18:58ZSUNSET

19:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT05:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 46m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:20Z (14h 07m) DAY LENGTH11h 51m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION25% MOONRISE11:05Z MOONSET22:57Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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