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Grootfontein Airport (GFY/FYGF)

Grootfontein1407 m

30°CTemperature70° · 6 ktWind6+ miVisibility
METAR / TAF
Temperature
30°C
Dew point
2°C
Wind
70° · 6 kt
Visibility
6+ mi
Altimeter
30.18 inHg
Current conditions
VFR

Wind on the runway

Runway heading
68°
Headwind
6 kt
Headwind
Crosswind
0 kt
From the right

Cloud ceiling profile

No reported cloud layers

METAR

Sep 12, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC)

Decoded observation

Report type
METAR
issued
Sep 12, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC)
wind
70° · 6 kt
visibility
Visibility and cloud ceiling meet CAVOK criteria
temperature
30 °C
dew point
2 °C
altimeter setting
1,022 hPa
flight category
VFR

TAF

Sep 12, 2026, 2:00 PM (UTC)

Forecast period 1 · base period

Validity
Sep 12, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC) – Sep 12, 2026, 5:00 PM (UTC)
wind
30° · 3 kt
visibility
>10 km
clouds
FEW · few clouds · 3,000 ft AGL

Forecast period 2 · from this time

Validity
Sep 12, 2026, 5:00 PM (UTC) – Sep 12, 2026, 10:00 PM (UTC)
wind
calm wind
visibility
Visibility and cloud ceiling meet CAVOK criteria

Forecast period 3 · becoming

Validity
Sep 12, 2026, 10:00 PM (UTC) – Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM (UTC)
wind
150° · 4 kt
visibility
Visibility and cloud ceiling meet CAVOK criteria

Terminal forecast

BECMG
Sep 12, 2026, 10:00 PM (UTC)
150° · 4 kt
6+ mi · NSW
FM
Sep 12, 2026, 5:00 PM (UTC)
0° · 0 kt
6+ mi · NSW
BASE
Sep 12, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC)
30° · 3 kt
6+ mi · FEW 3000

Observation history

UTCCurrent conditionsTemperatureWindVisibility
Sep 12, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC)VFR30°C6 kt6+ mi

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