Buchanan Airport

GLBU · Grand Bassa, Liberia

METAR GLBU · Buchanan Airport

19 April 16:30 LT
19m
The METAR station used is 50 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 230° Buchanan Airport 16/34
Wind: 8 kt, 3 beaufort

2 kt

8 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 1,800
Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,600
METAR GLRB 191630Z 23008KT 9999 BKN018 FEW026CB 32/25 Q1008 NOSIG RMK CB-NE

METAR Buchanan Airport - GLBU/UCN

Buchanan Airport is a small airport in Grand Bassa, Liberia. The airport is located at latitude 5.90445 and longitude -10.05781. The airport has one runway: 16/34. The ICAO airport code of this field is GLBU. The airport's IATA code is UCN. The airport is in the Roberts FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Roberts International Airport on April 19, 2024 16:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 230° with a speed of 8 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.

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 1008 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:30 and sets at 18:47. This applies to Buchanan Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +0 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
16/34 156°-336° 8 kt 2 kt 96 %

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

Temperature 32 °C
Dewpoint 25 °C
Rel. humidity 67%
Heat index 40 °C
Kp-index 5 (0-9)

Remarks

CB-NE

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:31
Midday
12:40
Sunset
18:49 (2:00h)

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