Grande Prairie Airport

CYQU · Alberta, Canada

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 120° Grande Prairie Airport 12/30
Wind: 8 kt, 3 beaufort

8 kt

2 kt
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BKN 2,800
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OVC 5,000
METAR CYQU 261800Z 12008KT 050V130 25SM BKN028 OVC050 05/M03 A3002 RMK SC6SC2 SLP193

METAR Grande Prairie Airport - CYQU/YQU

Grande Prairie Airport is a midsized airport in Alberta, Canada. The airport is located at latitude 55.18315 and longitude -118.88758. The airport has 2 runways: 12/30 and 7/25. The ICAO airport code of this field is CYQU. The airport's IATA code is YQU. The airport is in the Edmonton FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Grande Prairie Airport on April 26, 2024 12:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 120° with a speed of 8 kt. The wind direction varies between 050° and 130°.

Visibility is 25 mi.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 2,800 ft and overcast clouds at an altitude of 5,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 2,800 ft.

The temperature is 5 °C, with a wind chill of 0 °C. The dew point is -3 °C, the relative humidity is 57%. The air pressure at sea level is 30.02 inHg (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:23 and sets at 21:22. This applies to Grande Prairie Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -6 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
12/30 134°-314° 2 kt 8 kt 24 %
7/25 089°-269° 4 kt 7 kt 52 %

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

2,800 ft BKN Broken clouds
5,000 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 5 °C
Dewpoint -3 °C
Rel. humidity 57%
Wind chill 0 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Remarks

SLP193Sea level pressure is 30.10 inHg (30.10 inHg)
SC6SC2

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:23
Midday
13:53
Sunset
21:22 (9:11h)

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