Alexander Bay Airport

FAAB · Karas, South Africa

METAR FAAB · Alexander Bay Airport

25 April 08:00 LT
26m
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 120° Alexander Bay Airport 1/19
Wind: 4 kt, 2 beaufort

3 kt

3 kt
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OVC 200
METAR FYOG 250600Z AUTO 12004KT 100V160 1600 -DZ BR OVC002/// 13/13 Q1018

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 Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Oranjemund Airport on April 25, 2024 08:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 120° with a speed of 4 kt. The wind direction varies between 100° and 160°.

Visibility is 1.6 km.

There are overcast clouds at an altitude of 200 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 200 ft.

Current weather is light drizzle, mist. The temperature and wind chill are 13 °C. The dew point is 13 °C, the relative humidity is 100%. The air pressure at sea level is 1018 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:17 and sets at 18:25. 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° 3 kt 3 kt 68 %
7/25 044°-224° 4 kt 97 %
11/29 088°-268° 2 kt 3 kt 53 %

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

Clouds

200 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Light drizzle
mist
Temperature 13 °C
Dewpoint 13 °C
Rel. humidity 100%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:18
Midday
12:52
Sunset
18:26 (10:00h)

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