Sir Seretse Khama International Airport

FBSK · Kweneng, Botswana

METAR FBSK · Sir Seretse Khama International Airport

28 March 08:00 LT
46m
The METAR station used is 276 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 320° Sir Seretse Khama International Airport 8/26
Wind: 12 kt, 4 beaufort

2 kt

12 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FAOR 280600Z 32012KT CAVOK 17/13 Q1027 NOSIG

METAR Sir Seretse Khama International Airport - FBSK/GBE

Sir Seretse Khama International Airport is a large airport in Kweneng, Botswana. The airport is located at latitude -24.55520 and longitude 25.91820. The airport has one runway: 8/26. The ICAO airport code of this field is FBSK. The airport's IATA code is GBE. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for OR Tambo International Airport on March 28, 2024 08:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 320° with a speed of 12 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 17 °C. The dew point is 13 °C, the relative humidity is 77%. The air pressure at sea level is 1027 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:23 and sets at 18:19. This applies to Sir Seretse Khama International Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +2 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

Companies

Companies on this airport are Botswana Police Air Support Branch and Major Blue Aviation.

Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
8/26 061°-241° 12 kt 2 kt 98 %

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 17 °C
Dewpoint 13 °C
Rel. humidity 77%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:14
Midday
12:11
Sunset
18:09 (9:23h)

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