Kenema Airport

GFKE · Eastern Province, Sierra Leone

METAR GFKE · Kenema Airport

28 March 16:30 LT
2h
The METAR station used is 205 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 240° Kenema Airport 4/22
Wind: 11 kt, 4 beaufort

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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 1,800
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FEW 2,600
METAR GLRB 281630Z 24011KT 9999 TS BKN018 FEW026CB 32/25 Q1009 TEMPO TS RMK CB/SE-S

METAR Kenema Airport - GFKE/KEN

Kenema Airport is a midsized airport in Eastern Province, Sierra Leone. The airport is located at latitude 7.89674 and longitude -11.17388. The airport has one runway: 4/22. The ICAO airport code of this field is GFKE. The airport's IATA code is KEN. The airport is in the Roberts FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Roberts International Airport on March 28, 2024 16:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 240° with a speed of 11 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 1,800 ft and few clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 2,600 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 1,800 ft.

Current weather is thunderstorms . The temperature and wind chill are 32 °C. The heat index is 40. The dew point is 25 °C, the relative humidity is 67%. The air pressure at sea level is 1009 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Temporary

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. Significant weather: thunderstorms .

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:44 and sets at 18:54. This applies to Kenema Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +0 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

Companies

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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
4/22 032°-212° 5 kt 10 kt 47 %

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 BKN Broken clouds
2,600 ft FEW Few clouds cumulonimbus

Temperature & Weather

Weather Thunderstorms
Temperature 32 °C
Dewpoint 25 °C
Rel. humidity 67%
Heat index 40 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Remarks

CB/SE-S

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:41 (11:44h)
Midday
12:46
Sunset
18:51

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