Fraserburg Airport

FAFR · Northern Cape, South Africa

METAR FAFR · Fraserburg Airport

4 May 07:00 LT
39m
The METAR station used is 245 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 280° Fraserburg Airport 13/31
Wind: 6 kt, 2 beaufort

6 kt

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CAVOK
METAR FAGG 040500Z 28006KT CAVOK 14/10 Q1015

METAR Fraserburg Airport - FAFR

Fraserburg Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -31.93142 and longitude 21.50119. The airport has 3 runways: 13/31, 1/19 and 5/23. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAFR. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for George Airport on May 4, 2024 07:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 280° with a speed of 6 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 14 °C. The dew point is 10 °C, the relative humidity is 77%. The air pressure at sea level is 1015 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:08 and sets at 17:53. This applies to Fraserburg 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 %
13/31 108°-288° 6 kt 14 %
1/19 341°-161° 5 kt 3 kt 87 %
5/23 022°-202° 6 kt 1 kt 98 %

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 14 °C
Dewpoint 10 °C
Rel. humidity 77%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:08
Midday
12:27
Sunset
17:46 (10:06h)

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