King Mswati III International Airport

FDSK · Lubombo, Eswatini

The METAR station used is 45 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 170° King Mswati III International Airport 2/20
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

10 kt

2 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 3,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 4,000
METAR FDMS 261500Z 17010KT 9999 BKN030 FEW040TCU 22/18 Q1022 NOSIG

METAR King Mswati III International Airport - FDSK/SHO

King Mswati III International Airport is a large airport in Lubombo, Eswatini. The airport is located at latitude -26.35866 and longitude 31.71713. The airport has one runway: 2/20. The ICAO airport code of this field is FDSK. The airport's IATA code is SHO. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Matsapha Airport on April 26, 2024 17:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 170° with a speed of 10 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 3,000 ft and few clouds towering cumulus at an altitude of 4,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 3,000 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 22 °C. The dew point is 18 °C, the relative humidity is 78%. The air pressure at sea level is 1022 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:14 and sets at 17:26. This applies to King Mswati III International 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 %
2/20 360°-180° 2 kt 10 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

3,000 ft BKN Broken clouds
4,000 ft FEW Few clouds towering cumulus

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 22 °C
Dewpoint 18 °C
Rel. humidity 78%
Kp-index 5 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:16 (10:40h)
Midday
11:52
Sunset
17:28

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