Amílcar Cabral International Airport

GVAC · Sal, Cape Verde

The METAR station used is 625 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 360° Amílcar Cabral International Airport 1/19
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

10 kt

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CAVOK
METAR GOOY 180700Z 36010KT CAVOK 23/18 Q1010

METAR Amílcar Cabral International Airport - GVAC/SID

Amílcar Cabral International Airport is a large airport in Sal, Cape Verde. The airport is located at latitude 16.73888 and longitude -22.95053. The airport has 2 runways: 1/19 and 7/25. The ICAO airport code of this field is GVAC. The airport's IATA code is SID. The airport is in the Dakar FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport on April 18, 2024 07:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 360° with a speed of 10 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 23 °C. The dew point is 18 °C, the relative humidity is 74%. The air pressure at sea level is 1010 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:13 and sets at 18:48. This applies to Amílcar Cabral International Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -1 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
1/19 359°-179° 10 kt 2 %
7/25 057°-237° 8 kt 5 kt 84 %

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 23 °C
Dewpoint 18 °C
Rel. humidity 74%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:53
Midday
12:09
Sunset
18:24 (11:43h)

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