Alexander Bay Airport

FAAB · Karas, South Africa

METAR FAAB · Alexander Bay Airport

15 October 21:00 LT
41m
The METAR station used is 632 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 210° Alexander Bay Airport 1/19
Wind: 8 kt, 3 beaufort

5 kt

6 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FACT 151900Z 21008KT CAVOK 19/09 Q1015 NOSIG

METAR Alexander Bay Airport - FAAB/ALJ

Alexander Bay Airport is a midsized airport in Karas, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -28.57190 and longitude 16.53115. The airport has 3 runways: 1/19, 7/25 and 11/29. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAAB. The airport's IATA code is ALJ. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Cape Town International Airport on October 15, 2024 21:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 210° with a speed of 8 kt.

The weather is CAVOK. That means there are no clouds below 5,000 ft or the MSA (minimum safe altitude), whichever is higher. This also means that no cumulonimbus or towering cumulus clouds have been observed and the visibility is 10 km or more or more. Furthermore, there can't be fog, precipitation nor other significant weather.

The temperature and wind chill are 19 °C. The dew point is 9 °C, the relative humidity is 52%. The air pressure at sea level is 1015 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:16 and sets at 19:02. This applies to Alexander Bay Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +2 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
1/19 343°-163° 6 kt 5 kt 73 %
7/25 044°-224° 2 kt 8 kt 24 %
11/29 088°-268° 7 kt 4 kt 85 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 19 °C
Dewpoint 9 °C
Rel. humidity 52%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:03 (8:21h)
Midday
12:31
Sunset
18:59

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