Qacha's Nek Airport

FXQN · Qachaʼs Nek, Lesotho

METAR FXQN · Qacha's Nek Airport

19 April 17:00 LT
49m
The METAR station used is 160 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 150° Qacha's Nek Airport 14/32
Wind: 6 kt, 2 beaufort

5 kt

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CAVOK
METAR FAUT 191500Z 15006KT CAVOK 27/19 Q1018

METAR Qacha's Nek Airport - FXQN/UNE

Qacha's Nek Airport is a small airport in Qachaʼs Nek, Lesotho. The airport is located at latitude -30.11080 and longitude 28.67137. The airport has one runway: 14/32. The ICAO airport code of this field is FXQN. The airport's IATA code is UNE. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for K. D. Matanzima Airport on April 19, 2024 17:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 150° with a speed of 6 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 27 °C. The heat index is 28. The dew point is 19 °C, the relative humidity is 62%. The air pressure at sea level is 1018 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:27 and sets at 17:41. This applies to Qacha's Nek 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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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
14/32 117°-297° 3 kt 5 kt 54 %

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 27 °C
Dewpoint 19 °C
Rel. humidity 62%
Heat index 28 °C
Kp-index 5 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:28 (12:40h)
Midday
12:04
Sunset
17:39

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