Qualicum Beach Airport

CAT4 · British Columbia, Canada

The METAR station used is 27 NM away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 180° Qualicum Beach Airport 11/29
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

4 kt

6 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 3,500
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
OVC 5,200
METAR CYCD 060100Z 18007KT 160V220 10SM SCT035 OVC052 13/05 A2969 RMK SC3SC5 SLP056

METAR Qualicum Beach Airport - CAT4/XQU

Qualicum Beach Airport is a small airport in British Columbia, Canada. The airport is located at latitude 49.33729 and longitude -124.39390. The airport has one runway: 11/29. This airport has a pseudo ICAO code of CAT4. The airport's IATA code is XQU. The airport is in the Vancouver FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Nanaimo Airport on May 5, 2024 18:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 180° with a speed of 7 kt. The wind direction varies between 160° and 220°.

Visibility is 10 mi.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 3,500 ft and overcast clouds at an altitude of 5,200 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 5,200 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 13 °C. The dew point is 5 °C, the relative humidity is 59%. The air pressure at sea level is 29.69 inHg (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:45 and sets at 20:42. This applies to Qualicum Beach Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -7 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
11/29 128°-308° 6 kt 4 kt 79 %

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

Clouds

3,500 ft SCT Scattered clouds
5,200 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 13 °C
Dewpoint 5 °C
Rel. humidity 59%
Kp-index 5 (0-9)

Remarks

SLP056Sea level pressure is 29.70 inHg (29.70 inHg)
SC3SC5

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:44 (10:35h)
Midday
13:12
Sunset
20:39

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