// Station · 10h 4m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FWCL

Chileka International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 2,555 FT

15.6772°S / 34.9723°E

LOCATION · Blantyre, MW

WIND

270°7 kt

FWCL · 2,555 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW030

T / Td

28 / 16

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/7 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,000 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 FWCL 121500Z 27007KT 9999 FEW030 28/16 Q1018 NOSIG

FWCL · day 12 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 270° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

270°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

28★ HDG 280° H7 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,628'

33 HDG 330° H4 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 86%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

15 HDG 150° T3 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

10 HDG 100° T7 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

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 +18°C

4,500FT

+1,945 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,555 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+18°C PRESSURE ALT2,413 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FWMZ (Mzimba Airport, Mzimba, elev 4,440 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+45%

-32%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+32%

-20%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+18%

-14%

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)

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL16,696 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:15ZSUNRISE

09:27ZSOLAR NOON

15:39ZSUNSET

16:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:01Z (14h 56m) DAY LENGTH12h 24m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE04:36Z MOONSET17:00Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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