Aliwal North Airport

FAAN · Eastern Cape, South Africa

The METAR station used is 181 km away from the airport
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Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 250° Aliwal North Airport 18/36
Wind: 14 kt, 4 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FABL 241300Z 25014KT 210V290 CAVOK 29/04 Q1021 NOSIG

METAR Aliwal North Airport - FAAN

Aliwal North Airport is a small airport in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -30.68060 and longitude 26.73119. The airport has 3 runways: 18/36, 12/30 and 6/24. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAAN. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Bram Fischer International Airport on April 24, 2024 15:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 250° with a speed of 14 kt. The wind direction varies between 210° and 290°.

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 29 °C. The dew point is 4 °C, the relative humidity is 20%. The air pressure at sea level is 1021 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:38 and sets at 17:43. This applies to Aliwal North 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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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
18/36 154°-334° 14 kt 1 kt 99 %
12/30 099°-279° 7 kt 12 kt 48 %
6/24 041°-221° 7 kt 12 kt 48 %

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 29 °C
Dewpoint 4 °C
Rel. humidity 20%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:38
Midday
12:12
Sunset
17:47 (2:00h)

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