Cathcart Airport

FACX · Eastern Cape, South Africa

The METAR station used is 105 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 060° Cathcart Airport 18/36
Wind: 12 kt, 4 beaufort


12 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 4,200
METAR FAEL 271500Z 06012KT 020V080 9999 BKN042 20/14 Q1025

METAR Cathcart Airport - FACX

Cathcart Airport is a small airport in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -32.27682 and longitude 27.15193. The airport has one runway: 18/36. The ICAO airport code of this field is FACX. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Ben Schoeman Airport on April 27, 2024 17:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 060° with a speed of 12 kt. The wind direction varies between 020° and 080°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 4,200 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 4,200 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 20 °C. The dew point is 14 °C, the relative humidity is 69%. The air pressure at sea level is 1025 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:41 and sets at 17:36. This applies to Cathcart 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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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
18/36 152°-332° 12 kt 100 %

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

4,200 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 20 °C
Dewpoint 14 °C
Rel. humidity 69%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:39 (12:35h)
Midday
12:06
Sunset
17:33

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