Plains Airstrip

GB-1005 · Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 40 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 260° Plains Airstrip 8/26
Wind: 5 kt, 2 beaufort

5 kt

Change
0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 100
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 2,800
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 4,000
METAR EGAE 052020Z 26005KT 9999 FEW001 SCT028 BKN040 13/11 Q1008

METAR Plains Airstrip - GB-1005

Plains Airstrip is a small airport in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 55.01426 and longitude -6.53831. The airport has one runway: 8/26. This airport has no ICAO code, we use GB-1005 as reference. The airport is in the Scottish FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for City of Derry Airport on May 5, 2024 21:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 260° with a speed of 5 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 100 ft, scattered clouds at an altitude of 2,800 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 13 °C. The dew point is 11 °C, the relative humidity is 88%. The air pressure at sea level is 1008 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:35 and sets at 21:09. This applies to Plains 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 %
8/26 076°-256° 5 kt 7 %

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

100 ft FEW Few clouds
2,800 ft SCT Scattered clouds
4,000 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 13 °C
Dewpoint 11 °C
Rel. humidity 88%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:38 (6:46h)
Midday
13:25
Sunset
21:12

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