Kareedouw Airport

FAKW · Eastern Cape, South Africa

The METAR station used is 120 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 230° Kareedouw Airport 15/33
Wind: 19 kt, 5 beaufort

5 kt

18 kt
Change
0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 900
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 4,900
METAR FAPE 041300Z 23019KT 9999 FEW009 SCT049 18/16 Q1013 TEMPO BKN009

METAR Kareedouw Airport - FAKW

Kareedouw Airport is a small airport in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -33.95837 and longitude 24.32014. The airport has 2 runways: 15/33 and 10/28. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAKW. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport on May 4, 2024 15:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 230° with a speed of 19 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 900 ft and scattered clouds at an altitude of 4,900 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 18 °C. The dew point is 16 °C, the relative humidity is 88%. The air pressure at sea level is 1013 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Temporary

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. broken clouds at an altitude of 900 ft.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:00 and sets at 17:38. This applies to Kareedouw 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 %
15/33 124°-304° 18 kt 5 kt 96 %
10/28 071°-251° 7 kt 18 kt 36 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Clouds

900 ft FEW Few clouds
4,900 ft SCT Scattered clouds
900 ft BKN Temporary Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 18 °C
Dewpoint 16 °C
Rel. humidity 88%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:55
Midday
12:14
Sunset
17:33 (1:39h)

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