Pierre Van Ryneveld Airport

FAUP · Northern Cape, South Africa

METAR FAUP · Pierre Van Ryneveld Airport

20 April 01:00 LT
41m
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 010° Pierre Van Ryneveld Airport 17/35
Wind: 8 kt, 3 beaufort

6 kt

5 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FAUP 192300Z 01008KT CAVOK 22/07 Q1020 NOSIG

METAR Pierre Van Ryneveld Airport - FAUP/UTN

Pierre Van Ryneveld Airport is a midsized airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -28.40212 and longitude 21.26009. The airport has 3 runways: 17/35, 1/19 and 8/26. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAUP. The airport's IATA code is UTN. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Pierre Van Ryneveld Airport on April 20, 2024 01:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 010° with a speed of 8 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 22 °C. The dew point is 7 °C, the relative humidity is 38%. The air pressure at sea level is 1020 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:55 and sets at 18:12. This applies to Pierre Van Ryneveld 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 %
17/35 153°-333° 5 kt 6 kt 60 %
1/19 350°-170° 3 kt 8 kt 34 %
8/26 060°-240° 6 kt 5 kt 77 %

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 22 °C
Dewpoint 7 °C
Rel. humidity 38%
Kp-index 3 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:55 (5:14h)
Midday
12:33
Sunset
18:12

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