// Station · 8h 36m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FVCZ

Buffalo Range Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 160° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,500 ft

T/Td 17°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.42 inHg

ELEV 1,421 FT

21.0081°S / 31.5786°E

LOCATION · Chiredzi, ZW

WIND

160°5 kt

FVCZ · 1,421 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN015

LAYERS

BKN015 OVC100

T / Td

17 / 13

ALTIM

30.42"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,500 ft. Light winds at 160°/5 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 1,500 ft, and overcast at 10,000 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 FVCZ 121500Z 16005KT 9999 BKN015 OVC100 17/13 Q1030

FVCZ · day 12 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 160° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 1,500 ft · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.42" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

160°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H5 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,785'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T5 kt X2 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,421 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 +4°C

1,400FT

-21 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV1,421 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT925 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FVBB (Beitbridge Airport, Beitbridge, elev 1,509 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-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)

OVC100

Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN015

Broken · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,007 ft VFR MARGIN-1,500 ft

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

04:19ZSUNRISE

10:00ZSOLAR NOON

15:40ZSUNSET

16:03ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:36Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 03m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:03Z (16h 26m) DAY LENGTH11h 21m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE04:02Z MOONSET15:23Z FULL MOON IN15 days

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