Worcester Glider Airport

FAWC · Western Cape, South Africa

The METAR station used is 82 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 200° Worcester Glider Airport 15/33
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FACT 030500Z 20007KT CAVOK 15/12 Q1012 NOSIG

METAR Worcester Glider Airport - FAWC

Worcester Glider Airport is a gliderfield in Western Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -33.66341 and longitude 19.41468. The airport has 2 runways: 15/33 and 12/30. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAWC. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Cape Town International Airport on May 3, 2024 07:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 200° with a speed of 7 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 15 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 82%. The air pressure at sea level is 1012 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:18 and sets at 17:59. This applies to Worcester Glider 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 %
15/33 126°-306° 7 kt 2 kt 96 %
12/30 095°-275° 7 kt 2 kt 97 %

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 15 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 82%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:22 (16m)
Midday
12:42
Sunset
18:02

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