// Station · 23m ago

FYGF

Grootfontein Airport

CAT —

WIND 070° / 1 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 17°C / 1°C

ALTIM 30.27 inHg

ELEV 4,636 FT

19.6022°S / 18.1227°E

LOCATION · Grootfontein, NA

WIND

070°1 kt

FYGF · 4,636 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/1

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

17 / 1

ALTIM

30.27"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 070°/1 kt. Visibility unreported 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 FYGF 252000Z AUTO 07001KT //// // ////// 17/01 Q1025

FYGF · day 25 at 20:00 UTC · wind from 070° at 1 kt · temp 17°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 30.27" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 1 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

070°1 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 11,680'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 11,680'

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 3,412'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 3,412'

Pattern altitude: 5,636 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 +10°C

5,500FT

+864 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,636 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT4,288 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FYWE (Eros Airport, Windhoek, elev 5,575 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+55%

-39%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+39%

-25%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+22%

-17%

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 LEVEL13,222 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+1)

05:03ZSUNRISE

10:51ZSOLAR NOON

16:39ZSUNSET

17:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:01Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 35m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:14Z MOONSET02:49Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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