Machaneng Airport

FBMG · Central, Botswana

The METAR station used is 213 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 090° Machaneng Airport 11/29
Wind: 5 kt, 2 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FAPP 041800Z 09005KT CAVOK 15/09 Q1028 NOSIG

METAR Machaneng Airport - FBMG

Machaneng Airport is a small airport in Central, Botswana. The airport is located at latitude -23.18447 and longitude 27.50091. The airport has one runway: 11/29. The ICAO airport code of this field is FBMG. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Polokwane International Airport on May 4, 2024 20:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 090° with a speed of 5 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 9 °C, the relative humidity is 68%. The air pressure at sea level is 1028 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:31 and sets at 17:42. This applies to Machaneng 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 %
11/29 100°-280° 5 kt 17 %

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 9 °C
Rel. humidity 68%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:24 (9:53h)
Midday
11:58
Sunset
17:33

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