Robertson Airport

FARS · Western Cape, South Africa

The METAR station used is 121 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 320° Robertson Airport 10/28
Wind: 17 kt, 5 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FACT 021104Z 32017KT CAVOK 23/11 Q1013

METAR Robertson Airport - FARS/ROD

Robertson Airport is a midsized airport in Western Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -33.81129 and longitude 19.90639. The airport has 2 runways: 10/28 and 14/32. The ICAO airport code of this field is FARS. The airport's IATA code is ROD. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Cape Town International Airport on May 2, 2024 13:04, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 320° with a speed of 17 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 23 °C. The dew point is 11 °C, the relative humidity is 47%. The air pressure at sea level is 1013 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:16 and sets at 17:58. This applies to Robertson 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 %
10/28 081°-261° 15 kt 9 kt 86 %
14/32 113°-293° 8 kt 15 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 23 °C
Dewpoint 11 °C
Rel. humidity 47%
Kp-index 3 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:21
Midday
12:42
Sunset
18:03 (4:21h)

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