// Station · 17m ago

FYKT

Keetmanshoop Airport

CAT —

WIND 050° / 3 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 28°C / 0°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 3,506 FT

26.5398°S / 18.1114°E

LOCATION · Keetmanshoop, NA

WIND

050°3 kt

FYKT · 3,506 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

050°/3

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

28 / 0

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 050°/3 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 FYKT 251600Z AUTO 05003KT //// // ////// 28/M00 Q1021

FYKT · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 050° at 3 kt · temp 28°C / dewpoint 0°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 050° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

050°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 7,598'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 7,598'

18 HDG 180° —CALM —— 4,705'

36 HDG 360° —CALM —— 4,705'

Pattern altitude: 4,506 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 +19°C

5,600FT

+2,094 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,506 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT3,276 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 SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+56%

-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 LEVEL17,647 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:09ZSUNRISE

10:51ZSOLAR NOON

16:33ZSUNSET

16:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:56Z (38m) DAY LENGTH11h 23m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:11Z MOONSET02:35Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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