Amílcar Cabral International Airport

GVAC · Sal, Cape Verde

The METAR station used is 224 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 050° Amílcar Cabral International Airport 1/19
Wind: 13 kt, 4 beaufort

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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,400
METAR GVSV 281500Z 05013KT 9999 FEW024 25/15 Q1016 NOSIG

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 Sal Oceanic FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for São Pedro Airport on March 28, 2024 14:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 050° with a speed of 13 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 2,400 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 25 °C. The dew point is 15 °C, the relative humidity is 54%. The air pressure at sea level is 1016 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:29 and sets at 18:44. 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. 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 %
1/19 359°-179° 10 kt 8 kt 78 %
7/25 057°-237° 2 kt 13 kt 12 %

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

2,400 ft FEW Few clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 25 °C
Dewpoint 15 °C
Rel. humidity 54%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:37
Midday
12:45
Sunset
18:52 (4:00h)

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