Bakel Airport

GOTB · Matam, Senegal

The METAR station used is 178 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 300° Bakel Airport 7/25
Wind: 4 kt, 2 beaufort

2 kt

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CAVOK
METAR GOTT 101500Z 30004KT CAVOK 42/15 Q1005

METAR Bakel Airport - GOTB/BXE

Bakel Airport is a midsized airport in Matam, Senegal. The airport is located at latitude 14.84730 and longitude -12.46830. The airport has one runway: 7/25. The ICAO airport code of this field is GOTB. The airport's IATA code is BXE. The airport is in the Dakar FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Tambacounda Airport on May 10, 2024 15:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 300° with a speed of 4 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 42 °C. The dew point is 15 °C, the relative humidity is 20%. The air pressure at sea level is 1005 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:23 and sets at 19:09. This applies to Bakel 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 %
7/25 054°-234° 4 kt 2 kt 91 %

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 42 °C
Dewpoint 15 °C
Rel. humidity 20%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:29
Midday
12:51
Sunset
19:12 (3:02h)

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