Swartkop Air Force Base

FASK · Gauteng, South Africa

The METAR station used is 28 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 340° Swartkop Air Force Base 2/20
Wind: 6 kt, 2 beaufort

5 kt

3 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
CAVOK
METAR FALA 061200Z 34006KT 280V040 CAVOK 26/02 Q1022 NOSIG

METAR Swartkop Air Force Base - FASK

Swartkop Air Force Base is a small airport in Gauteng, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -25.80950 and longitude 28.16663. The airport has 2 runways: 2/20 and 6/24. The ICAO airport code of this field is FASK. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Lanseria International Airport on May 6, 2024 14:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 340° with a speed of 6 kt. The wind direction varies between 280° and 040°.

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 26 °C. The dew point is 2 °C, the relative humidity is 21%. The air pressure at sea level is 1022 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:33 and sets at 17:34. This applies to Swartkop Air Force Base, 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 %
2/20 006°-186° 3 kt 5 kt 44 %
6/24 046°-226° 5 kt 2 kt 91 %

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 26 °C
Dewpoint 2 °C
Rel. humidity 21%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:34
Midday
12:04
Sunset
17:35 (2:37h)

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