Cape Town International Airport

FACT · Western Cape, South Africa

METAR FACT · Cape Town International Airport

25 April 08:00 LT
55m
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 160° Cape Town International Airport 1/19
Wind: 4 kt, 2 beaufort

4 kt

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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 300
METAR FACT 250600Z 16004KT 0200 R19/0100 FG BKN003 10/09 Q1019 BECMG 3500 BR

METAR Cape Town International Airport - FACT/CPT

Cape Town International Airport is a large airport in Western Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -33.97030 and longitude 18.60420. The airport has 2 runways: 1/19 and 16/34. The ICAO airport code of this field is FACT. The airport's IATA code is CPT. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Cape Town International Airport on April 25, 2025 08:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 160° with a speed of 4 kt.

Visibility is 200 m. The visibility at runway 19 is 100 m.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 300 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 300 ft.

Current weather is fog. The temperature is 10 °C, with a wind chill of 8 °C. The dew point is 9 °C, the relative humidity is 94%. The air pressure at sea level is 1019 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Becoming

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. The visibility becomes 3.5 km. Significant weather: mist.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:16 and sets at 18:10. This applies to Cape Town International 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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Warnings

The visibility at runway 19 is 100 m.

Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
1/19 345°-165° 4 kt 9 %
16/34 135°-315° 2 kt 4 kt 42 %

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

300 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Fog
Temperature 10 °C
Dewpoint 9 °C
Rel. humidity 94%
Wind chill 8 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:16
Midday
12:43
Sunset
18:10 (9:15h)

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