Hopetown Airport

ZA-0142 · Northern Cape, South Africa

METAR ZA-0142 · Hopetown Airport

3 May 03:00 LT
1h
The METAR station used is 308 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 020° Hopetown Airport 3/21
Wind: 8 kt, 3 beaufort

8 kt

2 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
CAVOK
METAR FAUP 030100Z 02008KT CAVOK 22/05 Q1020 NOSIG

METAR Hopetown Airport - ZA-0142

Hopetown Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -29.62992 and longitude 24.09549. The airport has 2 runways: 3/21 and 9/27. This airport has no ICAO code, we use ZA-0142 as reference. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Pierre Van Ryneveld Airport on May 3, 2024 03:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 020° with a speed of 8 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 22 °C. The dew point is 5 °C, the relative humidity is 33%. The air pressure at sea level is 1020 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:53 and sets at 17:47. This applies to Hopetown 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

We don't have information about companies on this airport.

Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
3/21 004°-184° 2 kt 8 kt 28 %
9/27 068°-248° 6 kt 5 kt 74 %

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 22 °C
Dewpoint 5 °C
Rel. humidity 33%
Kp-index 4 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:03 (2:59h)
Midday
12:31
Sunset
18:00

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