Slemish Airfield

GB-0879 · Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 36 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 050° Slemish Airfield 8/26
Wind: 4 kt, 2 beaufort

4 kt

2 kt
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OVC 2,000
METAR EGAC 061150Z AUTO 05004KT 010V110 9999 OVC020/// 14/10 Q1011

METAR Slemish Airfield - GB-0879

Slemish Airfield is a small airport in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 54.90361 and longitude -6.13365. The airport has one runway: 8/26. This airport has no ICAO code, we use GB-0879 as reference. The airport is in the Scottish FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for George Best Belfast City Airport on May 6, 2024 12:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 050° with a speed of 4 kt. The wind direction varies between 010° and 110°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are overcast clouds at an altitude of 2,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 2,000 ft.

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 1011 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:32 and sets at 21:09. This applies to Slemish 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° 2 kt 4 kt 44 %

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 OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 14 °C
Dewpoint 10 °C
Rel. humidity 77%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:32
Midday
13:20
Sunset
21:07 (8:00h)

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