Vastrap Airport

FAVS · Northern Cape, South Africa

METAR FAVS · Vastrap Airport

3 May 07:00 LT
49m
The METAR station used is 73 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 020° Vastrap Airport 17/35
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

7 kt

7 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FAUP 030500Z 02010KT CAVOK 20/05 Q1020 NOSIG

METAR Vastrap Airport - FAVS

Vastrap Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -27.83456 and longitude 21.63046. The airport has one runway: 17/35. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAVS. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Pierre Van Ryneveld Airport on May 3, 2024 07:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 020° with a speed of 10 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 20 °C. The dew point is 5 °C, the relative humidity is 38%. The air pressure at sea level is 1020 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:00 and sets at 17:59. This applies to Vastrap 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 %
17/35 153°-333° 7 kt 7 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 20 °C
Dewpoint 5 °C
Rel. humidity 38%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:03
Midday
12:31
Sunset
18:00 (10:11h)

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