Somerset East Airport

FAST · Eastern Cape, South Africa

METAR FAST · Somerset East Airport

6 May 13:00 LT
8m
The METAR station used is 138 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 040° Somerset East Airport 16/34
Wind: 5 kt, 2 beaufort


5 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FAPE 061100Z 04005KT 010V120 CAVOK 24/15 Q1010 NOSIG

METAR Somerset East Airport - FAST

Somerset East Airport is a small airport in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -32.75137 and longitude 25.59339. The airport has 3 runways: 16/34, 12/30 and 2/20. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAST. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport on May 6, 2024 13:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 040° with a speed of 5 kt. The wind direction varies between 010° and 120°.

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 24 °C. The dew point is 15 °C, the relative humidity is 57%. The air pressure at sea level is 1010 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:54 and sets at 17:33. This applies to Somerset East 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 %
16/34 126°-306° 5 kt 100 %
12/30 096°-276° 4 kt 3 kt 83 %
2/20 353°-173° 4 kt 3 kt 73 %

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 24 °C
Dewpoint 15 °C
Rel. humidity 57%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:56
Midday
12:14
Sunset
17:31 (4:23h)

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