Posmasburg Soil Airport

FAPT · Northern Cape, South Africa

The METAR station used is 172 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 020° Posmasburg Soil Airport 6/24
Wind: 9 kt, 3 beaufort

8 kt

3 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FAKM 080400Z 02009KT CAVOK 15/04 Q1023

METAR Posmasburg Soil Airport - FAPT

Posmasburg Soil Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -28.33971 and longitude 23.07945. The airport has 3 runways: 6/24, 1/19 and 12/30. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAPT. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Kimberley Airport on May 8, 2024 06:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 020° with a speed of 9 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 15 °C. The dew point is 4 °C, the relative humidity is 48%. The air pressure at sea level is 1023 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:58 and sets at 17:49. This applies to Posmasburg Soil 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 %
6/24 042°-222° 3 kt 8 kt 37 %
1/19 352°-172° 4 kt 8 kt 47 %
12/30 097°-277° 9 kt 2 kt 97 %

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 15 °C
Dewpoint 4 °C
Rel. humidity 48%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:52 (2m)
Midday
12:17
Sunset
17:42

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