About Barkly East Airport

ICAO	FABF
FIR	Capetown FIR
Region	Eastern Cape
Country	South Africa
Runways	12/30
Type	Small airport
Coordinates (ARP)	-30.96667, 27.60417 305800S 0273615E
Coordinates (Center)	-30.96989, 27.61208 305812S 0273643E
Variation	26.8° W (2024)
Timezone	Johannesburg (+2 h)
Local time	May 4, 2024 16:16

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Barkly East Airport

Barkly East Airport is a small airport in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -30.96989 and longitude 27.61208. The airport has one runway: 12/30. The ICAO airport code of this field is FABF. Nearby other airfields are Elliot Airport, Lady Grey Golf Course Airstrip, Indwe Airport, Quthing Airport and Ugie Airport.

Barkly East Airport does not publish a METAR, the nearest weather station is K. D. Matanzima Airport, which is 120 km away. The flight information region (FIR) is Capetown.

Barkly East Airport is in the timezone of Africa/Johannesburg. Difference with UTC is +2 h. Today the sun rises at 06:42 and sets at 17:30. This applies to Barkly East 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.

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Do not use for flight planning
The airport may be closed or require prior permission. True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Runways

ID	True Heading	Magnetic Heading	Latitude	Longitude	Approx. length
12	092°	118°	-30.97	27.6146	483 m
30	272°	298°	-30.9698	27.6096	483 m

Do not use for flight planning.
True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Runway lengths are calculated as the distance between the coordinates of the runway ends. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Nearby airports

	ID	Distance	Direction
Elliot Airport	FAET	44 km	148°
Lady Grey Golf Course Airstrip	ZA-0147	48 km	307°
Indwe Airport	ZA-0378	62 km	203°
Quthing Airport	FXQG	63 km	007°
Ugie Airport	FAUG	63 km	116°
Mayaputi Game Reserve Airport	ZA-0282	67 km	334°
Dordrecht	ZA-0359	70 km	231°
Maclear	FAMQ	74 km	099°
Braklaagte East Airport	ZA-0281	76 km	302°

Navigational aids

No navigational aids found in the vicinity of Barkly East Airport.