Grootbraai Airport

ZA-0294 · Orange Free State, South Africa

The METAR station used is 108 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 020° Grootbraai Airport 1/19
Wind: 3 kt, 1 beaufort

3 kt

2 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FAOR 080530Z 02003KT 360V080 CAVOK 17/03 Q1029 NOSIG

METAR Grootbraai Airport - ZA-0294

Grootbraai Airport is a small airport in Orange Free State, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -27.03610 and longitude 28.65945. The airport has one runway: 1/19. This airport has no ICAO code, we use ZA-0294 as reference. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for OR Tambo International Airport on May 8, 2024 07:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 020° with a speed of 3 kt. The wind direction varies between 360° and 080°.

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 17 °C. The dew point is 3 °C, the relative humidity is 39%. The air pressure at sea level is 1029 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:34 and sets at 17:29. This applies to Grootbraai 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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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
1/19 350°-170° 2 kt 3 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 17 °C
Dewpoint 3 °C
Rel. humidity 39%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:34
Midday
12:03
Sunset
17:32 (9:41h)

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