// Station · 12m ago

OPFA

Faisalabad International Airport

CAT IFR

WIND CALM

VIS 2.5 SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 32°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.62 inHg

WX FU

ELEV 591 FT

31.3649°N / 72.9953°E

LOCATION · Faisalabad, PK

WIND

000°0 kt

OPFA · 591 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

2.5 SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

32 / 25

ALTIM

29.62"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — visibility 2.5 SM. Winds calm, visibility 2.5 SM, no reported cloud layers. Reported weather: smoke (FU). Smoke aloft is most often wildfire smoke drifting into the area — fine particulates that scatter light and cut visibility even though the air itself stays dry, so it behaves differently from moisture-based mist or fog. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR OPFA 251800Z 00000KT 4000 FU NSC 32/25 Q1003 NOSIG

OPFA · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 2.5 SM · temp 32°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.62" Hg · weather: smoke (FU)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

03R HDG 030° —CALM —— 9,324'

21L HDG 210° —CALM —— 9,324'

03L HDG 030° —CALM —— 8,999'

21R HDG 210° —CALM —— 8,999'

Pattern altitude: 1,591 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

3,100FT

+2,509 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV591 FT OAT+32°C ISA DELTA+19°C PRESSURE ALT892 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at OPSS (Saidu Sharif Airport, Saidu Sharif, elev 3,183 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+31%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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 LEVEL16,753 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+5)

00:40ZSUNRISE

07:11ZSOLAR NOON

13:42ZSUNSET

14:07ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS14:07Z (past) DAY LENGTH13h 01m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE10:47Z MOONSET23:49Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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