Castle Kennedy Airfield

GB-0288 · Scotland, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 68 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 220° Castle Kennedy Airfield 8/26
Wind: 6 kt, 2 beaufort

5 kt

4 kt
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Nil cloud detected
METAR EGAC 090720Z AUTO 22006KT 9999 NCD 14/10 Q1026

METAR Castle Kennedy Airfield - GB-0288

Castle Kennedy Airfield is a small airport in Scotland, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 54.89742 and longitude -4.93116. The airport has 3 runways: 8/26, 8/26 and 15/33. This airport has no ICAO code, we use GB-0288 as reference. The airport is in the Scottish FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for George Best Belfast City Airport on May 9, 2024 08:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 220° with a speed of 6 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are nil cloud detected. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 14 °C. The dew point is 10 °C, the relative humidity is 77%. The air pressure at sea level is 1026 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:22 and sets at 21:10. This applies to Castle Kennedy Airfield, 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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Do not use for flight planning
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 %
8/26 076°-256° 4 kt 5 kt 59 %
8/26 076°-256° 4 kt 5 kt 59 %
15/33 147°-327° 6 kt 2 kt 96 %

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

- NCD Nil cloud detected

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 14 °C
Dewpoint 10 °C
Rel. humidity 77%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:27
Midday
13:19
Sunset
21:12 (12:37h)

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