Barkly West Airport

ZA-0048 · Northern Cape, South Africa

The METAR station used is 38 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 350° Barkly West Airport 10/28
Wind: 15 kt, 4 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FAKM 041000Z 35015KT CAVOK 27/07 Q1025

METAR Barkly West Airport - ZA-0048

Barkly West Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -28.52956 and longitude 24.53912. The airport has 2 runways: 10/28 and 4/22. This airport has no ICAO code, we use ZA-0048 as reference. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Kimberley Airport on May 4, 2024 12:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 350° with a speed of 15 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 dew point is 7 °C, the relative humidity is 28%. The air pressure at sea level is 1025 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:50 and sets at 17:46. This applies to Barkly West 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 %
10/28 076°-256° 15 kt 1 kt 100 %
4/22 020°-200° 8 kt 13 kt 50 %

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 7 °C
Rel. humidity 28%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:50
Midday
12:17
Sunset
17:45 (4:43h)

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