// Station · 1d ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FLSK

Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 3 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 4,308 FT

12.9651°S / 28.5156°E

LOCATION · Ndola, ZM

WIND

150°3 kt

FLSK · 4,308 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/3

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW080

T / Td

28 / 12

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 150°/3 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 8,000 ft. 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 FLSK 111600Z 15003KT 9999 FEW080CB 28/12 Q1017

FLSK · day 11 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 150° at 3 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 8,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

150°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 11,483'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 11,483'

Pattern altitude: 5,308 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 +21°C

6,800FT

+2,492 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,308 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+21°C PRESSURE ALT4,196 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 6,800 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,492 ft above FLSK's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+68%

-48%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+48%

-31%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+27%

-20%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW080

Few · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL18,449 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:42ZSUNRISE

09:53ZSOLAR NOON

16:03ZSUNSET

16:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:31Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 32m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:25Z (13h 54m) DAY LENGTH12h 21m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:06Z MOONSET17:27Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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