METAR Balkfontein Airport - ZA-0289

Balkfontein Airport is a small airport in Orange Free State, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -27.41043 and longitude 26.46573. The airport has one runway: 10/28. This airport has no ICAO code, we use ZA-0289 as reference. The airport is in the Johannesburg FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for OR Tambo International Airport on April 19, 2024 01:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 190° with a speed of 5 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 1029 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:32 and sets at 17:53. This applies to Balkfontein 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

We don't have information about companies on this airport.

Experiences

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