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Kimberley airport in Kimberley (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↑, Jan Kempdorp at 61mi↑, Douglas at 62mi↑,→ 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
FAKM 151100Z 03012KT 9999 BKN020 25/16 Q1021
Decoded METAR for Kimberley airport FAKM KIM
METAR issued by FAKM on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 11:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 20 days and 481 hours and -28792 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 25°C = 77°F, dew point is 16°C = 61°F. The air is humid : relative air humidity is 57%.
QNH is 1021hPa = 30.15inHg
Wind 22km/h = 12kt, direction is 30°.
Clouds : broken at 2000ft = 610m.
TAF for Kimberley airport FAKM KIM
FAKM 150900Z 1510/1518 01010KT 9999 SCT030 TX26/1512Z TN20/1518Z PROB30 TEMPO 1515/1518 20010G20KT -TSRA FEW040CB
Decoded TAF for Kimberley airport FAKM KIM
TAF issued by FAKM on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 09:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 20 days and 3 hours and 8 minutes. weather forecast for 8 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.
from Saturday, March 15, 2025 à 10:00 heure TU to Saturday, March 15, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
1510/1518 01010KT 9999 SCT030 TX26/1512Z TN20/1518Z
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 10°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Saturday, March 15, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Saturday, March 15, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1515/1518 20010G20KT -TSRA FEW040CB
wind 10kt = 19km/h with gusts at 20kt = 37km/h, direction is 200°
light intensity thunderstorm rain
few clouds at 4000ft = 1220m
NOTAM for Kimberley airport
Around Kimberley airport in Kimberley (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 in Kimberley (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
- Warrenton airport ( ZA-0050) at 47mi↑defunct airport
- Douglas Northeast airport ( ZA-0283) at 50mi↑
→ 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