Griekwastad Airport

ZA-0146 · Northern Cape, South Africa

The METAR station used is 145 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 350° Griekwastad Airport 6/24
Wind: 2 kt, 1 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FAKM 021600Z 35002KT CAVOK 23/08 Q1023

METAR Griekwastad Airport - ZA-0146

Griekwastad Airport is a small airport in Northern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -28.83317 and longitude 23.27317. The airport has one runway: 6/24. This airport has no ICAO code, we use ZA-0146 as reference. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Kimberley Airport on May 2, 2024 18:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 350° with a speed of 2 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 23 °C. The dew point is 8 °C, the relative humidity is 38%. The air pressure at sea level is 1023 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:55 and sets at 17:52. This applies to Griekwastad 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 %
6/24 040°-220° 2 kt 1 kt 77 %

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 23 °C
Dewpoint 8 °C
Rel. humidity 38%
Kp-index 7 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:49 (11:47h)
Midday
12:17
Sunset
17:46

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