Rietfontein

FYRF · South Africa

The METAR station used is 192 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 010° Rietfontein 13/31
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

3 kt

10 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FYKT 030600Z 01010KT CAVOK 20/00 Q1020

METAR Rietfontein - FYRF

This field is located in South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -26.72879 and longitude 20.03605. The airport has 2 runways: 13/31 and 1/19. The ICAO airport code of this field is FYRF. The airport is in the Windhoek FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Keetmanshoop Airport on May 3, 2024 08:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 010° with a speed of 10 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 20 °C. The air pressure at sea level is 1020 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:05 and sets at 18:07. This applies to Rietfontein, 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 %
13/31 116°-296° 10 kt 3 kt 96 %
1/19 353°-173° 3 kt 10 kt 29 %

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 20 °C
Dewpoint 0 °C
Rel. humidity 26%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:13
Midday
12:44
Sunset
18:15 (9:01h)

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