Smidtsdrif

ZA-0418 · South Africa

METAR ZA-0418 · Smidtsdrif

4 May 07:25 LT
14m
The METAR station used is 71 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 020° Smidtsdrif 3/21
Wind: 8 kt, 3 beaufort

8 kt

1 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
CAVOK
METAR FAKM 040525Z 02008KT CAVOK 14/08 Q1026

METAR Smidtsdrif - ZA-0418

This field is located in South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -28.69211 and longitude 24.04383. The airport has one runway: 3/21. This airport has no ICAO code, we use ZA-0418 as reference. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Kimberley Airport on May 4, 2024 07:25, 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 14 °C. The dew point is 8 °C, the relative humidity is 67%. The air pressure at sea level is 1026 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:53 and sets at 17:48. This applies to Smidtsdrif, 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 %
3/21 013°-193° 8 kt 12 %

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 14 °C
Dewpoint 8 °C
Rel. humidity 67%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:50
Midday
12:17
Sunset
17:45 (10:06h)

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