Aliwal North Airport

FAAN · Eastern Cape, South Africa

The METAR station used is 281 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 050° Aliwal North Airport 18/36
Wind: 6 kt, 2 beaufort

1 kt

6 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 4,400
METAR FAEL 151800Z 05006KT 9999 SCT044 15/07 Q1028

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 Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Ben Schoeman Airport on October 15, 2024 20:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 050° with a speed of 6 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 4,400 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 15 °C. The dew point is 7 °C, the relative humidity is 59%. The air pressure at sea level is 1028 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:33 and sets at 18:23. 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° 6 kt 1 kt 97 %
12/30 099°-279° 5 kt 4 kt 75 %
6/24 041°-221° 6 kt 16 %

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

4,400 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 15 °C
Dewpoint 7 °C
Rel. humidity 59%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:27 (7:35h)
Midday
11:54
Sunset
18:21

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