Beaufort West Airport

FABW · Western Cape, South Africa

METAR FABW · Beaufort West Airport

5 October 20:00 LT
39m
The METAR station used is 191 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 010° Beaufort West Airport 8/26
Wind: 4 kt, 2 beaufort

3 kt

3 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FAGG 051800Z 01004KT CAVOK 21/12 Q1016

METAR Beaufort West Airport - FABW

Beaufort West Airport is a small airport in Western Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -32.30648 and longitude 22.66446. The airport has 2 runways: 8/26 and 16/34. The ICAO airport code of this field is FABW. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for George Airport on October 5, 2024 20:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 010° with a speed of 4 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 21 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 57%. The air pressure at sea level is 1016 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:00 and sets at 18:34. This applies to Beaufort West 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 %
8/26 060°-240° 3 kt 3 kt 77 %
16/34 142°-322° 3 kt 3 kt 74 %

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 21 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 57%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:01 (9:20h)
Midday
12:18
Sunset
18:36

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