Carnarvon Airport

FACN · Northern Cape, South Africa

METAR FACN · Carnarvon Airport

27 April 20:00 LT
1h
The METAR station used is 300 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 040° Carnarvon Airport 16/34
Wind: 12 kt, 4 beaufort

1 kt

12 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 5,000
METAR FAUP 271800Z 04012KT 9999 FEW050CB 28/09 Q1017 NOSIG

METAR Carnarvon Airport - FACN

Carnarvon Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -30.98963 and longitude 22.13168. The airport has 3 runways: 16/34, 12/30 and 5/23. The ICAO airport code of this field is FACN. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Pierre Van Ryneveld Airport on April 27, 2024 20:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 040° with a speed of 12 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 5,000 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 28 °C. The dew point is 9 °C, the relative humidity is 30%. The air pressure at sea level is 1017 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:59 and sets at 17:58. This applies to Carnarvon 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 %
16/34 136°-316° 12 kt 1 kt 99 %
12/30 095°-275° 10 kt 7 kt 82 %
5/23 028°-208° 2 kt 12 kt 21 %

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

5,000 ft FEW Few clouds cumulonimbus

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 28 °C
Dewpoint 9 °C
Rel. humidity 30%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:59 (9:58h)
Midday
12:32
Sunset
18:05

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