Kourou Airport

GF-0001 · Guyane, French Guiana

The METAR station used is 54 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 180° Kourou Airport 9/27
Wind: 1 kt, 1 beaufort


1 kt
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CAVOK
METAR SOCA 290000Z AUTO 18001KT CAVOK 27/26 Q1012 TEMPO 2000 SHRA SCT010CB BKN015TCU

METAR Kourou Airport - GF-0001

Kourou Airport is a small airport in Guyane, French Guiana. The airport is located at latitude 5.17586 and longitude -52.69418. The airport has one runway: 9/27. This airport has no ICAO code, we use GF-0001 as reference. The airport is in the Cayenne FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport on March 28, 2024 21:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 180° with a speed of 1 kt.

The weather is CAVOK. That means there are no clouds below 5,000 ft or the MSA (minimum safe altitude), whichever is higher. This also means that no cumulonimbus or towering cumulus clouds have been observed and the visibility is 10 km or more or more. Furthermore, there can't be fog, precipitation nor other significant weather.

The temperature and wind chill are 27 °C. The heat index is 32. The dew point is 26 °C, the relative humidity is 94%. The air pressure at sea level is 1012 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Temporary

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. The visibility becomes 2 km. Significant weather: showers rain. scattered clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 1,000 ft and broken clouds towering cumulus at an altitude of 1,500 ft.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:30 and sets at 18:40. This applies to Kourou Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -3 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

Companies

On this airport you can find flying clubs. The only known company on this field is Aéroclub de Kourou.

Experiences

Go to Vliegles.nl to find flying lessons, skydives and other flying experiences. Browse the page for all available activities near Kourou Airport. You can also use the search function to find specific flying lessons, skydives or other flying experiences near your place.

Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
9/27 078°-258° 98 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 27 °C
Dewpoint 26 °C
Rel. humidity 94%
Heat index 32 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:29 (9:08h)
Midday
12:34
Sunset
18:38

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