Ghalaysan New Air Base

IQ-0015 · Iraq

The METAR station used is 144 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 280° Ghalaysan New Air Base 12/30
Wind: 9 kt, 3 beaufort

8 kt

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CAVOK
METAR OERF 040900Z 28009KT CAVOK 29/02 Q1011 NOSIG

METAR Ghalaysan New Air Base - IQ-0015

This field is located in Iraq. The airport is located at latitude 30.91432 and longitude 43.67407. The airport has one runway: 12/30. This airport has no ICAO code, we use IQ-0015 as reference. The airport is in the Jeddah FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Rafha Domestic Airport on May 4, 2024 12:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 280° with a speed of 9 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 29 °C. The dew point is 2 °C, the relative humidity is 18%. The air pressure at sea level is 1011 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:17 and sets at 18:46. This applies to Ghalaysan New Air Base, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +3 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
12/30 124°-304° 4 kt 8 kt 41 %

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 29 °C
Dewpoint 2 °C
Rel. humidity 18%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:20
Midday
12:02
Sunset
18:44 (5:47h)

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