Estcourt Airport

FAEC · KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The METAR station used is 133 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 340° Estcourt Airport 1/19
Wind: 5 kt, 2 beaufort

5 kt

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CAVOK
METAR FALE 280700Z 34005KT CAVOK 21/15 Q1026 NOSIG

METAR Estcourt Airport - FAEC

Estcourt Airport is a small airport in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -29.04553 and longitude 29.90810. The airport has 2 runways: 1/19 and 14/32. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAEC. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for King Shaka International Airport on April 28, 2024 09:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 340° 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 21 °C. The dew point is 15 °C, the relative humidity is 69%. The air pressure at sea level is 1026 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:26 and sets at 17:29. This applies to Estcourt 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 %
1/19 343°-163° 5 kt 5 %
14/32 119°-299° 3 kt 4 kt 66 %

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 21 °C
Dewpoint 15 °C
Rel. humidity 69%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:22
Midday
11:52
Sunset
17:23 (8:08h)

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