Whalsay Airstrip

EGEH · Scotland, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 59 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 050° Whalsay Airstrip 2/20
Wind: 12 kt, 4 beaufort

9 kt

8 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
CAVOK
METAR EGPB 031820Z 05012KT CAVOK 11/08 Q1013

METAR Whalsay Airstrip - EGEH/WHS

Whalsay Airstrip is a small airport in Scotland, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 60.37666 and longitude -0.92740. The airport has one runway: 2/20. The ICAO airport code of this field is EGEH. The airport's IATA code is WHS. The airport is in the Scottish FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Sumburgh Airport on May 3, 2024 19:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 050° with a speed of 12 kt.

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 11 °C. The dew point is 8 °C, the relative humidity is 82%. The air pressure at sea level is 1013 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 04:51 and sets at 21:09. This applies to Whalsay Airstrip, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +1 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Experiences

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Do not use for flight planning
The airport may be closed or require prior permission. True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
2/20 011°-191° 8 kt 9 kt 63 %

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 11 °C
Dewpoint 8 °C
Rel. humidity 82%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
04:56
Midday
13:02
Sunset
21:07 (1:14h)

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