Tiger Bay Airstrip

FVTB · Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

The METAR station used is 65 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 220° Tiger Bay Airstrip 7/25
Wind: 8 kt, 3 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FVKB 261200Z 22008KT 190V260 CAVOK 33/18 Q1014

METAR Tiger Bay Airstrip - FVTB

Tiger Bay Airstrip is a small airport in Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. The airport is located at latitude -16.91123 and longitude 28.42619. The airport has one runway: 7/25. The ICAO airport code of this field is FVTB. The airport is in the Harare FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Kariba International Airport on April 26, 2024 14:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 220° with a speed of 8 kt. The wind direction varies between 190° and 260°.

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 33 °C. The heat index is 34. The dew point is 18 °C, the relative humidity is 41%. The air pressure at sea level is 1014 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:17 and sets at 17:50. This applies to Tiger Bay Airstrip, 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 %
7/25 058°-238° 2 kt 8 kt 31 %

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 33 °C
Dewpoint 18 °C
Rel. humidity 41%
Heat index 34 °C
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:15
Midday
12:02
Sunset
17:49 (3:07h)

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