De Doorns Airport

FADS · Western Cape, South Africa

The METAR station used is 115 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 350° De Doorns Airport 8/26
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

4 kt

9 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FACT 280500Z 35010KT CAVOK 15/12 Q1012 NOSIG

METAR De Doorns Airport - FADS

De Doorns Airport is a small airport in Western Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -33.45601 and longitude 19.68358. The airport has one runway: 8/26. The ICAO airport code of this field is FADS. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Cape Town International Airport on April 28, 2024 07:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 350° with a speed of 10 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 15 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 82%. The air pressure at sea level is 1012 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:13 and sets at 18:03. This applies to De Doorns 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 %
8/26 059°-239° 9 kt 4 kt 93 %

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 15 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 82%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:18
Midday
12:43
Sunset
18:07 (10:24h)

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