Douglas Cape Airport

FADC · Northern Cape, South Africa

METAR FADC · Douglas Cape Airport

27 April 20:00 LT
14m
The METAR station used is 98 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 310° Douglas Cape Airport 16/34
Wind direction to Wind: 17 kt, gusting 32 kt, 5 beaufort

17 kt

1 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 3,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 4,000
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OVC 8,000
METAR FAKM 271800Z 31017G32KT 6000 TSRA SCT030 FEW040CB OVC080 18/13 Q1026

METAR Douglas Cape Airport - FADC

Douglas Cape Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -29.07526 and longitude 23.80228. The airport has one runway: 16/34. The ICAO airport code of this field is FADC. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Kimberley Airport on April 27, 2024 20:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 310° with a speed of 17 kt. Wind gusts of 32 kt have been measured.

Visibility is 6 km.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 3,000 ft, few clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 4,000 ft and overcast clouds at an altitude of 8,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 8,000 ft.

Current weather is thunderstorms rain. The temperature and wind chill are 18 °C. The dew point is 13 °C, the relative humidity is 73%. The air pressure at sea level is 1026 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:50 and sets at 17:54. This applies to Douglas Cape 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 %
16/34 134°-314° 1-2 kt 17-32 kt 7 %

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

3,000 ft SCT Scattered clouds
4,000 ft FEW Few clouds cumulonimbus
8,000 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Thunderstorms rain
Temperature 18 °C
Dewpoint 13 °C
Rel. humidity 73%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:46 (10:32h)
Midday
12:18
Sunset
17:50

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