Driefontein/fochville

FADF · North-West, South Africa

The METAR station used is 80 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 200° Driefontein/fochville 8/26
Wind: 5 kt, 2 beaufort

4 kt

3 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FAGM 281000Z 20005KT CAVOK 18/08 Q1029

METAR Driefontein/fochville - FADF

Driefontein/fochville is a small airport in North-West, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -26.57989 and longitude 27.44253. The airport has 2 runways: 8/26 and 4/22. The ICAO airport code of this field is FADF. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Rand Airport on April 28, 2024 12:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 200° with a speed of 5 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 18 °C. The dew point is 8 °C, the relative humidity is 52%. The air pressure at sea level is 1029 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:33 and sets at 17:42. This applies to Driefontein/fochville, 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 %
8/26 058°-238° 3 kt 4 kt 62 %
4/22 016°-196° 5 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.

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 18 °C
Dewpoint 8 °C
Rel. humidity 52%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:29
Midday
12:04
Sunset
17:39 (4:57h)

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