// Station · 10h 1m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FWCL

Chileka International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 320° / 4 kt

VIS 3.1 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.30 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 2,555 FT

15.6772°S / 34.9723°E

LOCATION · Blantyre, MW

WIND

320°4 kt

FWCL · 2,555 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 07Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/4

VIS

3.1 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

20 / 13

ALTIM

30.30"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 3.1 SM. Light winds at 320°/4 kt, visibility 3.1 SM, a few at 2,000 ft. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. 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 FWCL 250700Z 32004KT 5000 HZ FEW020 20/13 Q1026 NOSIG

FWCL · day 25 at 07:00 UTC · wind from 320° at 4 kt · visibility 3.1 SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.30" Hg · weather: haze (HZ)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

320°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

10 HDG 100° —CALM —— 7,628'

28 HDG 280° —CALM —— 7,628'

15 HDG 150° —CALM —— 4,501'

33 HDG 330° —CALM —— 4,501'

Pattern altitude: 3,555 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

3,300FT

+745 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,555 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT2,177 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 3,300 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +745 ft above FWCL's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+33%

-23%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+23%

-15%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+13%

-10%

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)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,656 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:52ZSUNRISE

09:43ZSOLAR NOON

15:35ZSUNSET

15:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:56Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 42m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:56Z MOONSET01:38Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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