Semonkong Airport

FXSM · Maseru, Lesotho

The METAR station used is 189 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 040° Semonkong Airport 13/31
Wind: 5 kt, 2 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FABL 271600Z 04005KT CAVOK 19/12 Q1026 NOSIG

METAR Semonkong Airport - FXSM/SOK

Semonkong Airport is a small airport in Maseru, Lesotho. The airport is located at latitude -29.83860 and longitude 28.05788. The airport has 2 runways: 13/31 and 9/27. The ICAO airport code of this field is FXSM. The airport's IATA code is SOK. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Bram Fischer International Airport on April 27, 2024 18:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 040° with a speed of 5 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 19 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 64%. The air pressure at sea level is 1026 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:34 and sets at 17:36. This applies to Semonkong 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 %
13/31 103°-283° 4 kt 2 kt 89 %
9/27 064°-244° 2 kt 5 kt 41 %

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 19 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 64%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:40 (11:29h)
Midday
12:12
Sunset
17:44

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