Ashton Airport

FAAS · Western Cape, South Africa

METAR FAAS · Ashton Airport

11 October 20:43 LT
16m
The METAR station used is 134 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 180° Ashton Airport 12/30
Wind: 11 kt, 4 beaufort


11 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FACT 111843Z 18011KT CAVOK 15/13 Q1019

METAR Ashton Airport - FAAS

Ashton Airport is a small airport in Western Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -33.83797 and longitude 20.04956. The airport has one runway: 12/30. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAAS. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Cape Town International Airport on October 11, 2024 20:43, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 180° with a speed of 11 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 15 °C. The dew point is 13 °C, the relative humidity is 88%. The air pressure at sea level is 1019 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:02 and sets at 18:50. This applies to Ashton 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 %
12/30 091°-271° 11 kt 100 %

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 15 °C
Dewpoint 13 °C
Rel. humidity 88%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:08 (9:08h)
Midday
12:32
Sunset
18:56

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