TAF Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport

Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport is a midsized airport in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The airport is located at latitude -33.98915 and longitude 25.61613. The airport has 2 runways: 8/26 and 17/35. The ICAO airport code of this field is FAPE. The airport's IATA code is PLZ. The airport is in the Capetown FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport on May 4, 2024 00:00, local time. Valid from May 4, 2024 02:00 to May 5, 2024 02:00, local time.

Forecast

• Between saturday 02:00 and sunday 02:00

  • Wind: The wind is from direction 010° with a speed of 8 kt.
  • CAVOK: 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.
  • Minimum temperature: 17 °C on May 4, 2024 at 06:00
  • Maximum temperature: 24 °C on May 4, 2024 at 02:00

• Becomes between saturday 03:00 and 05:00

  • Wind: The wind is from direction 250° with a speed of 10 kt.

• Temporarily between saturday 06:00 and 17:00 (30% chance)

  • Wind: The wind is from direction 250° with a speed of 15 kt. Wind gusts expected of 25 kt.
  • Visibility: 2 km
  • Weather: Mist
  • Clouds: broken clouds at an altitude of 200 ft.

• Becomes between saturday 14:00 and 16:00

  • Clouds: broken clouds at an altitude of 800 ft.

• Temporarily between saturday 17:00 and 23:00 (30% chance)

  • Weather: Light showers rain
  • Clouds: few clouds towering cumulus at an altitude of 10,000 ft.

• Becomes between saturday 20:00 and 22:00

  • Clouds: broken clouds at an altitude of 3,000 ft.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:54 and sets at 17:34. This applies to Chief Dawid Stuurman International 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.