Rathfriland Airstrip

GB-0478 · Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 45 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 060° Rathfriland Airstrip 17/35
Wind: 15 kt, 4 beaufort

6 kt

14 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 500
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OVC 800
METAR EGAA 020550Z AUTO 06015KT 9000 BKN005 OVC008 09/08 Q1008

METAR Rathfriland Airstrip - GB-0478

Rathfriland Airstrip is a small airport in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 54.25297 and longitude -6.22902. The airport has one runway: 17/35. This airport has no ICAO code, we use GB-0478 as reference. The airport is in the Scottish FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Belfast International Airport on May 2, 2024 06:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 060° with a speed of 15 kt.

Visibility is 9 km.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 500 ft and overcast clouds at an altitude of 800 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 500 ft.

The temperature is 9 °C, with a wind chill of 4 °C. The dew point is 8 °C, the relative humidity is 94%. The air pressure at sea level is 1008 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:43 and sets at 20:59. This applies to Rathfriland Airstrip, 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 %
17/35 173°-353° 14 kt 6 kt 92 %

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

500 ft BKN Broken clouds
800 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 9 °C
Dewpoint 8 °C
Rel. humidity 94%
Wind chill 4 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:42
Midday
13:21
Sunset
21:01 (13:48h)

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