Saunders Island Landing Strip

FK-0010 · Falkland Islands

METAR FK-0010 · Saunders Island Landing Strip

The METAR station used is 124 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 320° Saunders Island Landing Strip 11/29
Wind direction to Wind: 27 kt, gusting 38 kt, 6 beaufort

23 kt

14 kt
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0 ft 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,500
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 15,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
OVC 20,000
METAR EGYP 281950Z 32027G38KT 9999 FEW025 SCT150 OVC200 13/08 Q0990 NOSIG

METAR Saunders Island Landing Strip - FK-0010

This field is located in Falkland Islands. The airport is located at latitude -51.37851 and longitude -60.09020. The airport has 2 runways: 11/29 and 15/33. This airport has no ICAO code, we use FK-0010 as reference. The airport is in the Comodoro Rivadavia FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Mount Pleasant Airport on March 28, 2024 16:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 320° with a speed of 27 kt. Wind gusts of 38 kt have been measured.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 2,500 ft, scattered clouds at an altitude of 15,000 ft and overcast clouds at an altitude of 20,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 20,000 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 13 °C. The dew point is 8 °C, the relative humidity is 72%. The air pressure at sea level is 990 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:16 and sets at 18:53. This applies to Saunders Island Landing Strip, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -3 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

Companies

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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
11/29 110°-290° 14-19 kt 23-33 kt 50 %
15/33 157°-337° 8-11 kt 26-36 kt 29 %

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

2,500 ft FEW Few clouds
15,000 ft SCT Scattered clouds
20,000 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 13 °C
Dewpoint 8 °C
Rel. humidity 72%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:10
Midday
12:58
Sunset
18:47 (1:30h)

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