Sanday Airport

EGES · Scotland, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 37 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 100° Sanday Airport 2/20
Wind: 9 kt, 3 beaufort

2 kt

9 kt
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CAVOK
METAR EGPA 021220Z 10009KT CAVOK 17/08 Q1017

METAR Sanday Airport - EGES/NDY

Sanday Airport is a small airport in Scotland, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 59.25050 and longitude -2.57556. The airport has 3 runways: 2/20, 10/28 and 16/34. The ICAO airport code of this field is EGES. The airport's IATA code is NDY. The airport is in the Scottish FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Kirkwall Airport on May 2, 2024 13:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 100° with a speed of 9 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 17 °C. The dew point is 8 °C, the relative humidity is 56%. The air pressure at sea level is 1017 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:07 and sets at 21:07. This applies to Sanday Airport, 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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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 %
2/20 021°-201° 9 kt 2 kt 98 %
10/28 102°-282° 9 kt 3 %
16/34 159°-339° 8 kt 5 kt 86 %

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 17 °C
Dewpoint 8 °C
Rel. humidity 56%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:10
Midday
13:08
Sunset
21:06 (7:21h)

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