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Kimberley airport (South Africa)
Kimberley airport is located near Kimberley, with Ronald’s Vlei at 1mi↑, Kimberley at 5mi↑, Ritchie at 19mi↑, Barkly West at 24mi↑, Koffiefontein at 44mi↑, Warrenton at 48mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in South Africa and Southernmost airports in South Africa
→ See also airports in South Africa
aerial view of Kimberley airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : FAKM
- IATA code : KIM
- Local code : -
Elevation : 1204 m = 3950ft
→ See also Highest airports in South Africa and Lowest airports in South Africa
Runways
- runway 02/20 : 3000m = 9843ft
- runway 10/28 : 2439m = 8002ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in South Africa
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Aviation weather for Kimberley airport FAKM KIM
METAR for Kimberley airport FAKM KIM
SPECI FAKM 080525Z 33002KT CAVOK 17/05 Q1024 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Kimberley airport FAKM KIM
METAR issued by FAKM on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 05:25 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 7 days and 189 hours and -10074 minutes ago.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 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 17°C = 63°F, dew point is 5°C = 41°F. The air is moderately humid : relative air humidity is 45 %.
QNH is 1024hPa = 30.24inHg
Wind 4km/h = 2kt, direction is 330°.
Sky clear.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Kimberley airport FAKM KIM
FAKM 080300Z 0804/0815 VRB03KT CAVOK TX30/0812Z TN09/0804Z
Decoded TAF for Kimberley airport FAKM KIM
TAF issued by FAKM on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 03:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 7 days and 23 hours and 31 minutes. weather forecast for 11 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 04:00 heure TU to Wednesday, October 8, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
0804/0815 VRB03KT CAVOK TX30/0812Z TN09/0804Z
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
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
NOTAM for Kimberley airport
Around Kimberley airport (South Africa)
near
- Hotels in Ronald’s Vlei
- Station de montagne La Molina at 5125mi↑
- Station de montagne Puigmal 2900 at 5128mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Cambre d'Aze at 5132mi↑
- Station de montagne Capcir at 5135mi↑
- Station de montagne Bolquère Pyrénées 2000 at 5135mi↑
- Station de montagne La Quillane at 5136mi↑
- Station de montagne Font-Romeu at 5136mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Angles at 5139mi↑
- Station de montagne La Rabassa at 5140mi↑
- Station de montagne Formiguères at 5142mi↑
- Station de montagne Porté Puymorens at 5142mi↑
- Station de montagne Puyvalador at 5143mi↑
- for Kimberley airport at 0mi↑
- for John Weston airport at 8mi↑
- for Modderrivier airport at 16mi↑
nearest airports to Kimberley airport (South Africa)
- John Weston airport ( ZA-0045) at 8mi↑
- Modderrivier airport ( ZA-0308) at 16mi↑
- Jacobsdal airport ( ZA-0145) at 22mi↑
- Farm Romance airport ( ZA-0284) at 22mi↑
- Barkly West airport ( ZA-0048) at 23mi↑
- Holpan airport ( ZA-0285) at 31mi↑
- Mokala airport ( ZA-0309) at 40mi↑
- Ulco airport (FAUC ) at 45mi↑NOTAM
- Schmidtsdrif airport ( ZA-0046) at 45mi↑
- Koffyfontein Min airport (FAKV ) at 46mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in South Africa
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap