Big Bend Sugar E Airport

FDBS · Lubombo, Eswatini

The METAR station used is 52 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 210° Big Bend Sugar E Airport 2/20
Wind: 8 kt, 3 beaufort

8 kt

1 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 2,500
METAR FDSK 270400Z 21008KT 9999 FEW010 SCT025 18/16 Q1026 REDZ NOSIG

METAR Big Bend Sugar E Airport - FDBS

Big Bend Sugar E Airport is a small airport in Lubombo, Eswatini. The airport is located at latitude -26.80047 and longitude 31.89094. The airport has one runway: 2/20. The ICAO airport code of this field is FDBS. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for King Mswati III International Airport on April 27, 2024 06:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 210° with a speed of 8 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 1,000 ft and scattered clouds at an altitude of 2,500 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 18 °C. The dew point is 16 °C, the relative humidity is 88%. The air pressure at sea level is 1026 hPa (QNH). Recently it was drizzle.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:15 and sets at 17:24. This applies to Big Bend Sugar E 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 %
2/20 020°-200° 1 kt 8 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.

Clouds

1,000 ft FEW Few clouds
2,500 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Recent Drizzle
Temperature 18 °C
Dewpoint 16 °C
Rel. humidity 88%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:15
Midday
11:50
Sunset
17:26 (10:54h)

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