Blackhill Airstrip

GB-0493 · Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 60 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 050° Blackhill Airstrip 5/23
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

7 kt

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Nil cloud detected
METAR EGAC 022250Z AUTO 05007KT 9999 NCD 10/08 Q1008

METAR Blackhill Airstrip - GB-0493

Blackhill Airstrip is a small airport in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 54.80387 and longitude -6.75637. The airport has one runway: 5/23. This airport has no ICAO code, we use GB-0493 as reference. The airport is in the Scottish FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for George Best Belfast City Airport on May 2, 2024 23:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 050° with a speed of 7 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

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

The temperature is 10 °C, with a wind chill of 7 °C. The dew point is 8 °C, the relative humidity is 88%. The air pressure at sea level is 1008 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:43 and sets at 21:04. This applies to Blackhill 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 %
5/23 051°-231° 7 kt 2 %

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 10 °C
Dewpoint 8 °C
Rel. humidity 88%
Wind chill 7 °C
Kp-index 3 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:41 (5:22h)
Midday
13:20
Sunset
20:59

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