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 Catumbela airport (Angola) / ICAO FNCT/ IATA CBT
Catumbela airport (Angola) is located close to Catumbela, Catumbela at 5 mile↑, Benguela at 9 mile↑, Docota at 10 mile↑, Lobito at 13 mile↑, Sumbe at 91 mile↑, Caluquembe at 121 mile↑, Porto Amboim at 122 mile↑, Longonjo at 123 mile↑, Quilamba at 128 mile↑, Aldeia Campo at 132 mile↑,
Elevation : 7 m = 23 ft
Runways
- runway 02/20 : 3700 m = 12139 ft
aerial view of Catumbela
METAR for Catumbela airport - FNCT
FNCT 031500Z 27008KT 9999 FEW015 BKN120 28/24 Q1007
Decoded METAR for Catumbela Airport (Angola)
METAR issued by FNCT on Monday 3rd of January 2022 at 15:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 19 days and 459 hours and -27340 minutes ago.
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 28 °C = 82 °F and dew point is 24 °C = 75 °F . This correspond to 79% relative humidity.
QNH is 1007 mb = 29.74 inHg
Wind speed is 15 km/h = 8 kt, direction is 270°.
Clouds : few clouds at 1500 ft = 460 m. broken at 12000 ft = 3660 m.
TAF for Catumbela airport - FNCT
FNCT 031100Z 0312/0324 28008KT 9999 SCT015 BECMG 0318/0320 21005KT BECMG 0322/0324 VRB02KT
Decoded TAF for Catumbela Airport (Angola)
TAF issued by FNCT on Monday 3rd of January 2022 at 11:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 19 days and 7 hours and 20 minutes ago. A 12 hour weather forecast that is updated every 6 hours.
from Monday 3rd of January 2022 à 12:00 heure TU to Monday 3rd of January 2022 à 18:00 heure UTC
0312/0324 28008KT 9999 SCT015
Wind 8 kt = 15 km/h, direction is 280°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
scattered clouds at 1500 ft = 460 m
becoming from Monday 3rd of January 2022 à 20:00 heure TU to Monday 3rd of January 2022 à 22:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0318/0320 21005KT
Wind 5 kt = 9 km/h, direction is 210°
becoming from Tuesday 4th of January 2022 à 00:00 heure TU to Tuesday 4th of January 2022 à 00:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0322/0324 VRB02KT
Wind 2 kt = 4 km/h, direction is °
close by
- Nearest hotels
- Hotels in Catumbela
- for Lobito airport at 8 mile↑
- for Benguela airport at 11 mile↑
nearest airports to Catumbela
- for Lobito airport (FNLB) at 8 mile↑
- for Benguela airport (FNBG) at 11 mile↑
- for Sumbe airport (FNSU) at 94 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Porto Amboim airport (FNPA) at 123 mile↑
- for Wako Kungo airport (FNWK) at 131 mile↑
- for Huambo airport (FNHU) at 155 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Lubango airport (FNUB) at 169 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Mocamedes Yuri Gargarin Namibe airport (FNMO) at 212 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)