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Pilot information for Orkney Airport

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General information for Orkney Airport

Airport codes: FAOY
Type: local airport(light traffic)
Scheduled airline service: no
Serves: Orkney, North-West, South Africa
Latitude: -26.983900 | 26 59.034004 S | S26 59 02
Longitude: 26.651400 | 26 39.083977 E | E026 39 05
Field elevation: 4,265 ft/1,300 m MSL

Radio communication frequencies for Orkney Airport

No communications frequencies known for Orkney Airport.

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Runways at Orkney Airport

No runway information available for Orkney Airport.

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Aviation weather for Orkney Airport

Current conditions (METAR) for Orkney Airport

Closest report is Kroonstad Airport, 52.5523068839 nm (99.8 km) SE. Retrieved 2010/12/22 07:00:

FAKS 220700Z 32010KT 9999 BKN018 20/// Q1018

Forecast (TAF) for Orkney Airport

Closest forecast is Mmabatho International Airport, 90.3291794304 nm (171.6 km) NW. Retrieved 2012/03/10 06:27:

TAF TAF FAMM 100600Z 1006/1018 05005KT CAVOK 
      BECMG 1007/1009 10008KT SCT040 
      TEMPO 1009/1016 5000 TSRA FEW040CB TX32/1012ZTN21/1018Z

Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) for Orkney Airport

Please confirm all NOTAMs at the original source! These are for information only, and may be wrong, out of date, or incomplete.

We have no current NOTAMs for Orkney Airport. Please check with an official source to confirm.

Closest navaids to Orkney Airport

Klerksdorp NDB

KD (-.- -..), 280 KHz, South Africa -26.845100 | 26 50.706024 S | S26 50 42, 26.710600 | 26 42.635994 E | E026 42 38

8.69069367851 nm (16.5 km) from NDB on track of 201° true / -141.163928603° magnetic

Potchefstroom VOR-DME

PSV (.--. ... ...-), 115.80 MHz, South Africa -26.673300 | 26 40.397987 S | S26 40 23, 27.093300 | 27 5.597992 E | E027 05 35, 4,520 ft / 1,378 m MSL

29.3769650874 nm (55.8 km) from VOR-DME on track of 232° true / -110.126094068° magnetic

Kroonstad NDB

KS (-.- ...), 228 KHz, South Africa -27.678900 | 27 40.733986 S | S27 40 44, 27.287201 | 27 17.232056 E | E027 17 13

52.4119392259 nm (99.6 km) from NDB on track of 321° true / -19.9551503016° magnetic

Welkom VOR-DME

WMV (.-- -- ...-), 116.40 MHz, South Africa -28.001499 | 28 0.089951 S | S28 00 05, 26.661100 | 26 39.666023 E | E026 39 39, 4,399 ft / 1,341 m MSL

59.5557386742 nm (113.2 km) from VOR-DME on track of 360° true / 19.5177261962° magnetic

Grasmere VOR

GAV (--. .- ...-), 115.50 MHz, South Africa -26.514799 | 26 30.887947 S | S26 30 53, 27.676500 | 27 40.590019 E | E027 40 35

60.1968396883 nm (114.4 km) from VOR on track of 243° true / -98.9017309377° magnetic

Vereeniging NDB

VV (...- ...-), 460 KHz, South Africa -26.575001 | 26 34.500046 S | S26 34 30, 27.958300 | 27 57.497978 E | E027 57 29, 4,846 ft / 1,477 m MSL

72.3528214524 nm (137.5 km) from NDB on track of 251° true / -91.0185656045° magnetic

Meyerton NDB

NMT (-. -- -), 385 KHz, South Africa -26.557199 | 26 33.431969 S | S26 33 25, 28.032499 | 28 1.949959 E | E028 01 56

76.3617525103 nm (145.1 km) from NDB on track of 251° true / -90.7760945443° magnetic

Lanseria NDB

LA (.-.. .-), 270 KHz, South Africa -26.010300 | 26 0.617981 S | S26 00 37, 27.839500 | 27 50.370026 E | E027 50 22

84.372488428 nm (160.3 km) from NDB on track of 228° true / -115.212081799° magnetic