Vaalputs Airport

FAVA · Northern Cape, South Africa

METAR FAVA · Vaalputs Airport

3 May 08:53 LT
24m
The METAR station used is 75 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 010° Vaalputs Airport 15/33
Wind: 15 kt, 4 beaufort

8 kt

13 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FASB 030653Z 01015KT CAVOK 26/02 Q1018

METAR Vaalputs Airport - FAVA

Vaalputs Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -30.13224 and longitude 18.52700. The airport has 2 runways: 15/33 and 7/25. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAVA. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Springbok Airport on May 3, 2024 08:53, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 010° with a speed of 15 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 26 °C. The dew point is 2 °C, the relative humidity is 21%. The air pressure at sea level is 1018 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:16 and sets at 18:08. This applies to Vaalputs 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 %
15/33 133°-313° 13 kt 8 kt 84 %
7/25 043°-223° 8 kt 13 kt 54 %

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
07:18
Midday
12:45
Sunset
18:11 (8:55h)

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