Orange River Lodge Airport

ZA-0279 · South Africa

The METAR station used is 139 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 160° Orange River Lodge Airport 11/29
Wind: 9 kt, 3 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FADY 250548Z 16009KT CAVOK 11/07 Q1021

METAR Orange River Lodge Airport - ZA-0279

This field is located in South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -30.58914 and longitude 25.37370. The airport has one runway: 11/29. This airport has no ICAO code, we use ZA-0279 as reference. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for De Aar Military Airport on April 25, 2024 07:48, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 160° with a speed of 9 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 11 °C. The dew point is 7 °C, the relative humidity is 77%. The air pressure at sea level is 1021 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:44 and sets at 17:48. This applies to Orange River Lodge 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 %
11/29 080°-260° 9 kt 2 kt 98 %

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 11 °C
Dewpoint 7 °C
Rel. humidity 77%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:50
Midday
12:22
Sunset
17:53 (9:33h)

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