Barkly East Airport

FABF · Eastern Cape, South Africa

METAR FABF · Barkly East Airport

11 October 19:00 LT
30m
The METAR station used is 120 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 150° Barkly East Airport 12/30
Wind: 5 kt, 2 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FAUT 111700Z 15005KT CAVOK 17/12 Q1021

METAR Barkly East Airport - FABF

Barkly East Airport is a small airport in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -30.96989 and longitude 27.61208. The airport has one runway: 12/30. The ICAO airport code of this field is FABF. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for K. D. Matanzima Airport on October 11, 2024 19:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 150° with a speed of 5 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 17 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 73%. The air pressure at sea level is 1021 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:34 and sets at 18:17. This applies to Barkly East 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 %
12/30 092°-272° 4 kt 3 kt 85 %

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 17 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 73%
Kp-index 4 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:29 (9:58h)
Midday
11:51
Sunset
18:13

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