// Station · 13h 1m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FVCZ

Buffalo Range Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 12°C / 11°C

ALTIM 30.24 inHg

ELEV 1,421 FT

21.0081°S / 31.5786°E

LOCATION · Chiredzi, ZW

WIND

000°0 kt

FVCZ · 1,421 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 04Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

12 / 11

ALTIM

30.24"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. 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 FVCZ 250400Z 00000KT CAVOK 12/11 Q1024

FVCZ · day 25 at 04:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · temp 12°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 5,785'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 5,785'

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 -1°C

1,000FT

-421 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,421 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT1,102 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,000 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -421 ft above FVCZ's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 LEVEL7,482 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:10ZSUNRISE

09:57ZSOLAR NOON

15:44ZSUNSET

16:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:06Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 33m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:14Z MOONSET01:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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