Kimberley Airport

FAKM · Northern Cape, South Africa

METAR FAKM · Kimberley Airport

19 April 13:00 LT
18m
The METAR station used is 153 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 160° Kimberley Airport 2/20
Wind: 4 kt, 2 beaufort

4 kt

1 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
CAVOK
METAR FABL 191100Z 16004KT 090V220 CAVOK 25/09 Q1026 NOSIG

METAR Kimberley Airport - FAKM/KIM

Kimberley Airport is a midsized airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -28.80490 and longitude 24.76420. The airport has 2 runways: 2/20 and 10/28. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAKM. The airport's IATA code is KIM. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Bram Fischer International Airport on April 19, 2024 13:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 160° with a speed of 4 kt. The wind direction varies between 090° and 220°.

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 25 °C. The dew point is 9 °C, the relative humidity is 36%. The air pressure at sea level is 1026 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:41 and sets at 17:58. This applies to Kimberley 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 %
2/20 360°-180° 1 kt 4 kt 34 %
10/28 080°-260° 4 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 25 °C
Dewpoint 9 °C
Rel. humidity 36%
Kp-index 4 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:35
Midday
12:13
Sunset
17:51 (4:34h)

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