Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport

GQNO · Mauritania

METAR GQNO · Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport

26 April 15:00 LT
21m
The METAR station used is 337 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 040° Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport 6/24
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

10 kt

2 kt
Change
0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
No significant clouds are observed
METAR GOOG 261500Z 04010KT 4000 DU NSC 44/12 Q1002

METAR Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport - GQNO/NKC

Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport is a large airport in Mauritania. The airport is located at latitude 18.30247 and longitude -15.97459. The airport has 2 runways: 6/24 and 16/34. The ICAO airport code of this field is GQNO. The airport's IATA code is NKC. The airport is in the Dakar FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Linguere on April 26, 2024 15:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 040° with a speed of 10 kt.

Visibility is 4 km.

There are no significant clouds are observed. No ceiling has been observed.

Current weather is widespread dust. The temperature and wind chill are 44 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 15%. The air pressure at sea level is 1002 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:39 and sets at 19:23. This applies to Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International 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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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
6/24 050°-230° 2 kt 10 kt 17 %
16/34 150°-330° 9 kt 3 kt 94 %

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

- NSC No significant clouds are observed

Temperature & Weather

Weather Widespread dust
Temperature 44 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 15%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:39
Midday
12:58
Sunset
19:17 (3:56h)

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