Aeronautical current weather observation and short-term forecast for pilots, flight preparation with the METAR (Meteorological Aerodrome Report : current weather report), and TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast: short-term weather forecast message for aviation). And other resources like VAC (Visual Approach Chart) to prepare a flights.
METAR, TAF, VAC Cape Town airport (South Africa) / ICAO FACT/ IATA CPT
Cape Town airport (South Africa) is located close to Cape Town, Belhar at 2 mile↑, Crossroads at 2 mile↑, Epping Forest at 2 mile↑, Elsiesrivier at 3 mile↑, Goodwood at 5 mile↑, Pinelands at 6 mile↑, Lansdowne at 6 mile↑, Monte Vista at 7 mile↑, Ottery at 7 mile↑, Rondebosch at 7 mile↑, Edgemead at 7 mile↑, Rosebank at 7 mile↑,
Elevation : 46 m = 151 ft
Runways
- runway 01/19 : 3201 m = 10502 ft
- runway 16/34 : 1701 m = 5581 ft
aerial view of Cape Town
METAR for Cape Town airport - FACT
FACT 210728Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW035 15/11 Q1027 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Cape Town Airport (South Africa)
METAR issued by FACT on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 07:28 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 days and 65 hours and -2876 minutes ago.
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 15 °C = 59 °F and dew point is 11 °C = 52 °F . This correspond to 77% relative humidity.
QNH is 1027 mb = 30.33 inHg
Wind speed is 2 km/h = 1 kt, direction is °.
Clouds : few clouds at 3500 ft = 1070 m.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Cape Town airport - FACT
FACT 210600Z 2106/2212 VRB03KT 9999 SCT035 TX22/2212Z TN08/2206Z FM211200 18008KT 9999 SCT035 PROB30 TEMPO 2201/2205 1500 MIFG NSC FM220800 34008KT 9999 BKN025
Decoded TAF for Cape Town Airport (South Africa)
TAF issued by FACT on Friday, May 20, 2022 at 06:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 2 days and 18 hours and 32 minutes ago. A 30 hour weather forecast that is updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, May 20, 2022 à 06:00 heure TU to Saturday, May 21, 2022 à 12:00 heure UTC
2106/2212 VRB03KT 9999 SCT035 TX22/2212Z TN08/2206Z
Wind 3 kt = 6 km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
scattered clouds at 3500 ft = 1070 m
from Saturday, May 21, 2022 à 12:00 heure TU to Sunday, May 22, 2022 à 08:00 heure UTC
FM211200 18008KT 9999 SCT035
Wind 8 kt = 15 km/h, direction is 180°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
scattered clouds at 3500 ft = 1070 m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Saturday, May 21, 2022 à 01:00 heure TU to Saturday, May 21, 2022 à 05:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 2201/2205 1500 MIFG NSC
Visibility is 2 km = 1 mile.
MI fog
from Sunday, May 22, 2022 à 08:00 heure TU to Sunday, May 22, 2022 à 12:00 heure UTC
FM220800 34008KT 9999 BKN025
Wind 8 kt = 15 km/h, direction is 340°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
broken at 2500 ft = 760 m
close by
- Nearest hotels
- Hotels in Belhar
- for Ysterplaat Mil airport at 7 mile↑
- for Stellenbosch airport at 13 mile↑
- for Fisantekraal airport at 16 mile↑
nearest airports to Cape Town
- for Ysterplaat Mil airport (FAYP) at 7 mile↑
- for Stellenbosch airport (FASH) at 13 mile↑
- for Fisantekraal airport (FAFK) at 16 mile↑
- for Delta 200 airport (FADX) at 23 mile↑
- for Paarl airport (FAPU) at 30 mile↑
- for Malmesbury airport (FAMY) at 35 mile↑
- for Sommersveld airport (FALS) at 50 mile↑
- for Caledon Airfield airport (FACG) at 51 mile↑
- for Worcester airport (FAWC) at 51 mile↑
- for Ceres airport (FACE) at 59 mile↑
- for De Doorns airport (FADS) at 71 mile↑
- for Langebaanweg Mil airport (FALW) at 73 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Robertson airport (FARS) at 75 mile↑
- for Saldanha airport (FASD) at 78 mile↑
- for Ashton airport (FAAS) at 85 mile↑
- for Citrusdal airport (FACI) at 96 mile↑
- for Bredasdorp airport (FABR) at 96 mile↑
- for Andrew's Field airport (FAAF) at 99 mile↑
- for Kagga Kamma airport (FAKA) at 101 mile↑
- for Overberg airport (FAOB) at 103 mile↑METAR & TAF
Data sources
- METAR : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- TAF : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- Météo générale : Openweathermap (www.openweathermap.org) et AVWX (avwx.rest)
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA (www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr), Espagne ENAIRE (https://aip.enaire.es)
- Aerial maps : Google Maps (www.google.com), Microsoft Bing (www.microsoft.com) ou OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org)