Black Rock Airport

FABP · Northern Cape, South Africa

The METAR station used is 211 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 360° Black Rock Airport 16/34
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FAUP 060300Z 36007KT CAVOK 17/M06 Q1020 NOSIG

METAR Black Rock Airport - FABP

Black Rock Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -27.12972 and longitude 22.84626. The airport has one runway: 16/34. The ICAO airport code of this field is FABP. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Pierre Van Ryneveld Airport on October 6, 2024 05:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 360° with a speed of 7 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 -6 °C, the relative humidity is 20%. The air pressure at sea level is 1020 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:01 and sets at 18:31. This applies to Black Rock 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 %
16/34 143°-323° 4 kt 6 kt 60 %

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 -6 °C
Rel. humidity 20%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:07 (13m)
Midday
12:22
Sunset
18:38

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