Victoria West Airport

FAVW · Northern Cape, South Africa

METAR FAVW · Victoria West Airport

3 May 15:00 LT
42m
The METAR station used is 298 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 320° Victoria West Airport 8/26
Wind: 14 kt, 4 beaufort

2 kt

14 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FAGG 031300Z 32014KT CAVOK 36/10 Q1009

METAR Victoria West Airport - FAVW

Victoria West Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -31.40294 and longitude 23.15546. The airport has 3 runways: 8/26, 18/36 and 14/32. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAVW. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for George Airport on May 3, 2024 15:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 320° with a speed of 14 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 36 °C. The dew point is 10 °C, the relative humidity is 20%. The air pressure at sea level is 1009 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:00 and sets at 17:48. This applies to Victoria West 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 %
8/26 058°-238° 14 kt 2 kt 99 %
18/36 156°-336° 4 kt 13 kt 28 %
14/32 112°-292° 7 kt 12 kt 47 %

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 36 °C
Dewpoint 10 °C
Rel. humidity 20%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:07
Midday
12:27
Sunset
17:47 (2:05h)

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