Bisho Airport

FABE · Eastern Cape, South Africa

The METAR station used is 196 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 040° Bisho Airport 8/26
Wind: 3 kt, 1 beaufort

3 kt

1 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FAPE 021500Z 04003KT 010V070 CAVOK 20/16 Q1014 NOSIG

METAR Bisho Airport - FABE/BIY

Bisho Airport is a midsized airport in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -32.89710 and longitude 27.27910. The airport has one runway: 8/26. The ICAO airport code of this field is FABE. The airport's IATA code is BIY. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport on May 2, 2024 17:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 040° with a speed of 3 kt. The wind direction varies between 010° and 070°.

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 20 °C. The dew point is 16 °C, the relative humidity is 78%. The air pressure at sea level is 1014 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:45 and sets at 17:30. This applies to Bisho 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 %
8/26 057°-237° 3 kt 29 %

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 20 °C
Dewpoint 16 °C
Rel. humidity 78%
Kp-index 5 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:53 (12:50h)
Midday
12:14
Sunset
17:35

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