Riffa Air Base

BH-0002 · Southern Governorate, Bahrain

The METAR station used is 88 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 170° Riffa Air Base 13/31
Wind: 11 kt, 4 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR OEDF 060900Z 17011KT 120V220 CAVOK 38/06 Q1006 NOSIG

METAR Riffa Air Base - BH-0002

Riffa Air Base is a heliport in Southern Governorate, Bahrain. The airport is located at latitude 26.10724 and longitude 50.57897. The airport has one runway: 13/31. This airport has no ICAO code, we use BH-0002 as reference. The airport is in the Jeddah FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for King Fahd International Airport on May 6, 2024 12:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 170° with a speed of 11 kt. The wind direction varies between 120° and 220°.

The weather is CAVOK. That means there are no clouds below 5,000 ft or the MSA (minimum safe altitude), whichever is higher. This also means that no cumulonimbus or towering cumulus clouds have been observed and the visibility is 10 km or more or more. Furthermore, there can't be fog, precipitation nor other significant weather.

The temperature and wind chill are 38 °C. The dew point is 6 °C, the relative humidity is 14%. The air pressure at sea level is 1006 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 04:56 and sets at 18:12. This applies to Riffa Air Base, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +3 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
13/31 130°-310° 7 kt 8 kt 64 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 38 °C
Dewpoint 6 °C
Rel. humidity 14%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
04:59
Midday
11:37
Sunset
18:15 (5:32h)

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