Lake Kariba Airport

ZW-0017 · Southern, Zimbabwe

The METAR station used is 157 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 030° Lake Kariba Airport 6/24
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

6 kt

3 kt
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CAVOK
METAR FVWN 100900Z 03007KT CAVOK 25/12 Q1021 NOSIG

METAR Lake Kariba Airport - ZW-0017

Lake Kariba Airport is a small airport in Southern, Zimbabwe. The airport is located at latitude -17.34589 and longitude 27.63464. The airport has one runway: 6/24. This airport has no ICAO code, we use ZW-0017 as reference. The airport is in the Harare FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Hwange National Park Airport on May 10, 2024 11:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 030° with a speed of 7 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 25 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 44%. The air pressure at sea level is 1021 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:25 and sets at 17:46. This applies to Lake Kariba 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 %
6/24 054°-234° 3 kt 6 kt 41 %

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 25 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 44%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:29
Midday
12:08
Sunset
17:47 (4:38h)

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