Colesberg Airport

FACB · Northern Cape, South Africa

METAR FACB · Colesberg Airport

28 April 12:00 LT
1h
The METAR station used is 217 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 360° Colesberg Airport 11/29
Wind: 14 kt, 4 beaufort

1 kt

14 kt
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0 ft 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 6,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 7,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 10,000
METAR FAKM 281000Z 36014KT 9999 FEW060 FEW070CB BKN100 20/12 Q1024

METAR Colesberg Airport - FACB

Colesberg Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -30.73572 and longitude 25.06599. The airport has 2 runways: 11/29 and 1/19. The ICAO airport code of this field is FACB. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Kimberley Airport on April 28, 2024 12:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 360° with a speed of 14 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 6,000 ft, few clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 7,000 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 10,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 10,000 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 20 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 60%. The air pressure at sea level is 1024 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:48 and sets at 17:46. This applies to Colesberg 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 %
11/29 086°-266° 14 kt 100 %
1/19 346°-166° 3 kt 14 kt 24 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Clouds

6,000 ft FEW Few clouds
7,000 ft FEW Few clouds cumulonimbus
10,000 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 20 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 60%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:46
Midday
12:18
Sunset
17:49 (4:45h)

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