Ashton Airport

FAAS · Western Cape, South Africa

The METAR station used is 134 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 310° Ashton Airport 12/30
Wind direction to Wind: 14 kt, gusting 25 kt, 4 beaufort

11 kt

9 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,400
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 2,200
METAR FACT 301000Z 31014G25KT 300V360 9999 FEW014 BKN022 20/15 Q1011 NOSIG

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 April 30, 2024 12:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 310° with a speed of 14 kt. Wind gusts of 25 kt have been measured. The wind direction varies between 300° and 360°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 1,400 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 2,200 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 2,200 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 20 °C. The dew point is 15 °C, the relative humidity is 73%. The air pressure at sea level is 1011 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:14 and sets at 17:59. 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° 9-16 kt 11-19 kt 63 %

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

1,400 ft FEW Few clouds
2,200 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 20 °C
Dewpoint 15 °C
Rel. humidity 73%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:20
Midday
12:42
Sunset
18:05 (5:04h)

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