Salima Airport

FWSM · Central Region, Malawi

The METAR station used is 87 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 110° Salima Airport 17/35
Wind: 12 kt, 4 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR FWKI 070500Z 11012KT CAVOK 19/11 Q1021 NOSIG

METAR Salima Airport - FWSM/LMB

Salima Airport is a small airport in Central Region, Malawi. The airport is located at latitude -13.75986 and longitude 34.58570. The airport has one runway: 17/35. The ICAO airport code of this field is FWSM. The airport's IATA code is LMB. The airport is in the Lilongwe FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Lilongwe International Airport on October 7, 2024 07:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 110° 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 19 °C. The dew point is 11 °C, the relative humidity is 60%. The air pressure at sea level is 1021 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:20 and sets at 17:38. This applies to Salima Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +2 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
17/35 160°-340° 9 kt 8 kt 77 %

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 19 °C
Dewpoint 11 °C
Rel. humidity 60%
Kp-index 4 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:23
Midday
11:32
Sunset
17:41 (9:56h)

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