About Petit Airport

ICAO	FARA
FIR	Johannesburg FIR
Region	Gauteng
Country	South Africa
Runways	3/21
Type	Small airport
Coordinates (ARP)	-26.0846, 28.39039 260505S 0282325E
Coordinates (Center)	-26.08505, 28.3903 260506S 0282325E
Variation	19.8° W (2024)
Timezone	Johannesburg (+2 h)
Local time	May 7, 2024 06:50

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Petit Airport

Petit Airport is a small airport in Gauteng, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -26.08505 and longitude 28.39030. The airport has one runway: 3/21. The ICAO airport code of this field is FARA. Nearby other airfields are Bapsfontein Airport, Microland Flight Park, Fly Inn Estate, OR Tambo International Airport and Springs Airfield.

Petit Airport does not publish a METAR, the nearest weather station is OR Tambo International Airport, which is 16 km away. The flight information region (FIR) is Johannesburg.

Petit Airport is in the timezone of Africa/Johannesburg. Difference with UTC is +2 h. Today the sun rises at 06:33 and sets at 17:32. This applies to Petit 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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References

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
3	010°	029°	-26.0798	28.3913	1,181 m
21	190°	209°	-26.0903	28.3893	1,181 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
Trollope Mining Services Heliport	ZA-0245	9.8 km	332°
Bapsfontein Airport	ZA-0100	11 km	013°
Benoni Heliport	ZA-0215	11 km	202°
Microland Flight Park	FABA	12 km	359°
Fly Inn Estate	ZA-0112	13 km	342°
OR Tambo International Airport	FAOR	16 km	247°
Johannesburg International Airport	FAJS	17 km	251°
Springs Airfield	FASI	18 km	177°
Brakpan Airport	FABB	19 km	207°

Navigational aids

	Ident	Type	Distance	Direction
Johannesburg	JB	NDB	13 km	289°
Johannesburg	JSV	VOR-DME	18 km	243°
Waterkloof	WK	NDB	24 km	319°
Grand Central	GC	NDB	27 km	292°
Rand	RAV	VOR-DME	30 km	232°
Rand	RDW	NDB	30 km	228°