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 Hwange airport (Zimbabwe) / ICAO FVWN/ IATA HWN
Hwange airport (Zimbabwe) is located close to Hwange, Dahlia at 10 mile↑, Dete at 10 mile↑, Kamativi Mine at 22 mile↑, Hwange at 38 mile↑, Lupane at 55 mile↑, Binga at 73 mile↑, Maamba at 88 mile↑, Kanjonja at 88 mile↑, Victoria Falls at 91 mile↑, Pandamatenga at 92 mile↑,
Elevation : 1080 m = 3543 ft
Runways
- runway 08/26 : 4600 m = 15092 ft
aerial view of Hwange
METAR for Hwange airport - FVWN
FVWN 100900Z 08008KT CAVOK 32/15 Q1019
Decoded METAR for Hwange Airport (Zimbabwe)
METAR issued by FVWN on Friday 10th of December 2021 at 09:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 43 days and 1040 hours and -61892 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 32 °C = 90 °F and dew point is 15 °C = 59 °F . This correspond to 36% relative humidity.
QNH is 1019 mb = 30.09 inHg
Wind speed is 15 km/h = 8 kt, direction is 80°.
Sky clear
TAF for Hwange airport - FVWN
No TAF but aviation weather is available at for Kasane airport (FBKE) at 215 km↑
close by
nearest airports to Hwange
- for Hwange Main Camp airport (FVMC) at 8 mile↑
- for Mabikwa airport (FVMF) at 34 mile↑
- for Hwange Town airport (FVWT) at 38 mile↑
- for Deka airport (FVDE) at 42 mile↑
- for Milibizi airport (FVML) at 47 mile↑
- for Lusulu airport (FVLU) at 67 mile↑
- for Binga airport (FVBI) at 71 mile↑
- for Victoria Falls airport (FVFA) at 86 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)