Alkantpan Copper Airport

FACO · Northern Cape, South Africa

METAR FACO · Alkantpan Copper Airport

27 April 22:00 LT
28m
The METAR station used is 456 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 300° Alkantpan Copper Airport 13/31
Wind: 4 kt, 2 beaufort

4 kt

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OVC 14,000
METAR FAGG 272000Z AUTO 30004KT 220V010 9999 OVC140/// 16/15 Q1016

METAR Alkantpan Copper Airport - FACO

Alkantpan Copper Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -29.90668 and longitude 22.31800. The airport has one runway: 13/31. The ICAO airport code of this field is FACO. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for George Airport on April 27, 2024 22:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 300° with a speed of 4 kt. The wind direction varies between 220° and 010°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are overcast clouds at an altitude of 14,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 14,000 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 16 °C. The dew point is 15 °C, the relative humidity is 94%. The air pressure at sea level is 1016 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:57 and sets at 17:59. This applies to Alkantpan Copper 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 %
13/31 113°-293° 4 kt 12 %

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

14,000 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 16 °C
Dewpoint 15 °C
Rel. humidity 94%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:02 (8:35h)
Midday
12:28
Sunset
17:53

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