Ballone Castle Airstrip

GB-0540 · Scotland, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 35 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Ballone Castle Airstrip 6/24
Wind: 1 kt, 1 beaufort


1 kt
Change
0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,500
METAR EGPE 271020Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW020CB FEW025TCU 09/03 Q1007

METAR Ballone Castle Airstrip - GB-0540

Ballone Castle Airstrip is a small airport in Scotland, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 57.83219 and longitude -3.80879. The airport has one runway: 6/24. This airport has no ICAO code, we use GB-0540 as reference. The airport is in the Scottish FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Inverness Airport on April 27, 2024 11:20, local time.

Airport observations

There is little or no wind from a variable direction.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 2,000 ft and few clouds towering cumulus at an altitude of 2,500 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 9 °C. The dew point is 3 °C, the relative humidity is 66%. The air pressure at sea level is 1007 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:31 and sets at 20:54. This applies to Ballone Castle 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 %
6/24 062°-242° 88 %

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

2,000 ft FEW Few clouds cumulonimbus
2,500 ft FEW Few clouds towering cumulus

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 9 °C
Dewpoint 3 °C
Rel. humidity 66%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:33
Midday
13:13
Sunset
20:53 (9:25h)

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