Skaapvlei Airport

ZA-0127 · Western Cape, South Africa

METAR ZA-0127 · Skaapvlei Airport

2 May 16:00 LT
49m
The METAR station used is 280 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 350° Skaapvlei Airport 17/35
Wind: 12 kt, 4 beaufort

11 kt

6 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FACT 021400Z 35012KT CAVOK 20/12 Q1013 NOSIG

METAR Skaapvlei Airport - ZA-0127

Skaapvlei Airport is a small airport in Western Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -31.49765 and longitude 18.06410. The airport has 2 runways: 17/35 and 5/23. This airport has no ICAO code, we use ZA-0127 as reference. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Cape Town International Airport on May 2, 2024 16:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 350° with a speed of 12 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 dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 60%. The air pressure at sea level is 1013 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:19 and sets at 18:09. This applies to Skaapvlei 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 %
17/35 142°-322° 6 kt 11 kt 47 %
5/23 022°-202° 6 kt 10 kt 53 %

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 12 °C
Rel. humidity 60%
Kp-index 4 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:21
Midday
12:42
Sunset
18:03 (1:14h)

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