St Francis Airfield

FACF · Eastern Cape, South Africa

METAR FACF · St Francis Airfield

28 April 12:00 LT
36m
The METAR station used is 75 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 030° St Francis Airfield 10/28
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

4 kt

5 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
CAVOK
METAR FAPE 281000Z 03007KT 360V060 CAVOK 20/15 Q1016 NOSIG

METAR St Francis Airfield - FACF

St Francis Airfield is a small airport in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -34.18655 and longitude 24.83583. The airport has one runway: 10/28. The ICAO airport code of this field is FACF. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport on April 28, 2024 12:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 030° with a speed of 7 kt. The wind direction varies between 360° and 060°.

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 20 °C. The dew point is 15 °C, the relative humidity is 73%. The air pressure at sea level is 1016 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:53 and sets at 17:42. This applies to St Francis Airfield, 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 %
10/28 081°-261° 5 kt 4 kt 78 %

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 20 °C
Dewpoint 15 °C
Rel. humidity 73%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:50
Midday
12:14
Sunset
17:39 (5:03h)

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