Blackhill Airstrip

GB-0493 · Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 156 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 210° Blackhill Airstrip 5/23
Wind: 2 kt, 1 beaufort

2 kt

1 kt
Change
0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,800
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 4,000
METAR EIDW 022100Z 21002KT 9999 FEW018 BKN040 12/11 Q1005 NOSIG

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 Shannon FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Dublin Airport on May 2, 2024 22:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 210° with a speed of 2 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 1,800 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 4,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 4,000 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 12 °C. The dew point is 11 °C, the relative humidity is 94%. The air pressure at sea level is 1005 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° 2 kt 36 %

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

1,800 ft FEW Few clouds
4,000 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 12 °C
Dewpoint 11 °C
Rel. humidity 94%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:47 (7:12h)
Midday
13:21
Sunset
20:56

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