Douglas Station Airport

FK-0024 · Falkland Islands

METAR FK-0024 · Douglas Station Airport

20 April 02:50 LT
36m
The METAR station used is 42 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 290° Douglas Station Airport 14/32
Wind: 25 kt, 6 beaufort

20 kt

15 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 700
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
OVC 2,000
METAR EGYP 200550Z 29025KT 7000 -RA BKN007 OVC020 06/05 Q0980

METAR Douglas Station Airport - FK-0024

Douglas Station Airport is a small airport in Falkland Islands. The airport is located at latitude -51.45779 and longitude -58.61611. The airport has 4 runways: 14/32, 5/23, 4/22 and 11/29. This airport has no ICAO code, we use FK-0024 as reference. The airport is in the Comodoro Rivadavia FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Mount Pleasant Airport on April 20, 2024 02:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 290° with a speed of 25 kt.

Visibility is 7 km.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 700 ft and overcast clouds at an altitude of 2,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 700 ft.

Current weather is light rain. The temperature is 6 °C, with a wind chill of -2 °C. The dew point is 5 °C, the relative humidity is 93%. The air pressure at sea level is 980 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 07:48 and sets at 17:57. This applies to Douglas Station Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -3 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
14/32 147°-327° 15 kt 20 kt 60 %
5/23 055°-235° 20 kt 14 kt 82 %
4/22 040°-220° 23 kt 9 kt 94 %
11/29 117°-297° 3 kt 25 kt 12 %

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

700 ft BKN Broken clouds
2,000 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Light rain
Temperature 6 °C
Dewpoint 5 °C
Rel. humidity 93%
Wind chill -2 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
07:48 (4:23h)
Midday
12:52
Sunset
17:56

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