Hendrik Potgieter Airport

FABO · Orange Free State, South Africa

The METAR station used is 195 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 340° Hendrik Potgieter Airport 7/25
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

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7 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FABL 060300Z 34007KT 310V010 CAVOK 06/M00 Q1025 NOSIG

METAR Hendrik Potgieter Airport - FABO

Hendrik Potgieter Airport is a small airport in Orange Free State, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -27.36680 and longitude 26.62920. The airport has one runway: 7/25. The ICAO airport code of this field is FABO. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Bram Fischer International Airport on October 6, 2024 05:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 340° with a speed of 7 kt. The wind direction varies between 310° and 010°.

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 is 6 °C, with a wind chill of 2 °C. The air pressure at sea level is 1025 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:46 and sets at 18:16. This applies to Hendrik Potgieter 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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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
7/25 051°-231° 7 kt 2 kt 95 %

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 6 °C
Dewpoint 0 °C
Rel. humidity 66%
Wind chill 2 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:46
Midday
12:02
Sunset
18:18 (12:26h)

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