Diego Garcia Naval Support Facility

FJDG · British Indian Ocean Territory

METAR FJDG · Diego Garcia Naval Support Facility

24 April 23:55 LT
31m
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 160° Diego Garcia Naval Support Facility 13/31
Wind: 14 kt, 4 beaufort

11 kt

9 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,300
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 23,000
METAR FJDG 241755Z 16014KT 9999 FEW023 BKN230 28/25 A2980 RMK SLP088 8/107 T02780250 10294 20278 403260275 52014

METAR Diego Garcia Naval Support Facility - FJDG/NKW

This field is located in British Indian Ocean Territory. The airport is located at latitude -7.31323 and longitude 72.41230. The airport has 2 runways: 13/31 and 13L/31R. The ICAO airport code of this field is FJDG. The airport's IATA code is NKW. The airport is in the Mauritius FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Diego Garcia Naval Support Facility on April 24, 2024 23:55, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 160° with a speed of 14 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 2,300 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 23,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 23,000 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 28 °C. The heat index is 32. The dew point is 25 °C, the relative humidity is 84%. The air pressure at sea level is 1009 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:11 and sets at 19:05. This applies to Diego Garcia Naval Support Facility, 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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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
13/31 122°-302° 9 kt 11 kt 62 %
13L/31R 122°-302° 9 kt 11 kt 62 %

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

2,300 ft FEW Few clouds
23,000 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 27.8 °C
Dewpoint 25.0 °C
Rel. humidity 84%
Heat index 32 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Remarks

SLP088Sea level pressure is 1008.8 hPa (29.79 inHg)
T02780250Temperature is 27.8 °C (82.0 °F), dew point is 25.0 °C (77.0 °F)
8/107 10294 20278 403260275 52014

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:11 (6:45h)
Midday
13:08
Sunset
19:05

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