Cape Town International Airport

FACT · Western Cape, South Africa

METAR FACT · Cape Town International Airport

16 April 12:00 LT
46m
The METAR station used is 165 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 310° Cape Town International Airport 1/19
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FACT 161000Z 31010KT 280V340 CAVOK 21/14 Q1015 NOSIG

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 16, 2024 12:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 310° with a speed of 10 kt. The wind direction varies between 280° and 340°.

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 21 °C. The dew point is 14 °C, the relative humidity is 64%. The air pressure at sea level is 1015 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:09 and sets at 18:21. 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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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
1/19 345°-165° 6 kt 8 kt 57 %
16/34 135°-315° 10 kt 9 %

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 21 °C
Dewpoint 14 °C
Rel. humidity 64%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:09
Midday
12:45
Sunset
18:21 (5:34h)

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