Rand Airport

FAGM · Gauteng, South Africa

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 130° Rand Airport 11/29
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FAGM 290900Z 13010KT CAVOK 21/13 Q1026

METAR Rand Airport - FAGM/QRA

Rand Airport is a midsized airport in Gauteng, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -26.24205 and longitude 28.14988. The airport has 2 runways: 11/29 and 17/35. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAGM. The airport's IATA code is QRA. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Rand Airport on March 29, 2024 11:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 130° 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 21 °C. The dew point is 13 °C, the relative humidity is 60%. The air pressure at sea level is 1026 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:15 and sets at 18:08. This applies to Rand Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +2 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

Companies

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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
11/29 089°-269° 7 kt 8 kt 66 %
17/35 157°-337° 5 kt 9 kt 45 %

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 13 °C
Rel. humidity 60%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:15
Midday
12:12
Sunset
18:08 (6:25h)

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