De Aar Airport

FADA · Northern Cape, South Africa

METAR FADA · De Aar Airport

28 April 00:00 LT
7m
The METAR station used is 396 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 070° De Aar Airport 3/21
Wind: 14 kt, 4 beaufort

6 kt

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CAVOK
METAR FAPE 272200Z 07014KT CAVOK 17/14 Q1020 NOSIG

METAR De Aar Airport - FADA

De Aar Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -30.69239 and longitude 24.02459. The airport has 4 runways: 3/21, 18/36, 16/34 and 11/29. The ICAO airport code of this field is FADA. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport on April 28, 2024 00:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 070° with a speed of 14 kt.

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 17 °C. The dew point is 14 °C, the relative humidity is 83%. The air pressure at sea level is 1020 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:51 and sets at 17:51. This applies to De Aar 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 %
3/21 007°-187° 12 kt 6 kt 89 %
18/36 159°-339° 14 kt 100 %
16/34 132°-312° 12 kt 7 kt 88 %
11/29 090°-270° 5 kt 13 kt 34 %

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 17 °C
Dewpoint 14 °C
Rel. humidity 83%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:49 (6:43h)
Midday
12:15
Sunset
17:40

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