// Station · 16m ago

FYRU

Rundu Airport

CAT —

WIND 120° / 4 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 31°C / 1°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 3,627 FT

17.9565°S / 19.7194°E

LOCATION · Rundu, NA

WIND

120°4 kt

FYRU · 3,627 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/4

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

31 / 1

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 120°/4 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 FYRU 251600Z AUTO 12004KT //// // ////// 31/01 Q1021

FYRU · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 120° at 4 kt · temp 31°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

120°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

08 HDG 080° —CALM —— 11,004'

26 HDG 260° —CALM —— 11,004'

Pattern altitude: 4,627 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 +23°C

6,100FT

+2,473 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV3,627 FT OAT+31°C ISA DELTA+23°C PRESSURE ALT3,397 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at FYWH (Hosea Kutako International Airport, Windhoek, elev 5,640 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+61%

-43%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+43%

-27%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+24%

-18%

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 LEVEL19,284 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:55ZSUNRISE

10:44ZSOLAR NOON

16:34ZSUNSET

16:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:56Z (39m) DAY LENGTH11h 38m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:57Z MOONSET02:36Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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