Chignik Bay Seaplane Base

Z78 · United States

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 020° Chignik Bay Seaplane Base 9/27
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

2 kt

7 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
OVC 1,500
METAR PAJC 270642Z AUTO 02007KT 10SM -RA OVC015 02/01 A2945 RMK AO2 UPE01RAB01 P0002 FZRANO $

METAR Chignik Bay Seaplane Base - Z78/KBW

This field is located in United States. The airport is located at latitude 56.29561 and longitude -158.40148. The airport has 2 runways: 9/27 and 5/23. This airport has a pseudo ICAO code of KZ78. The local airport ID (FAA LID) of this airport is Z78. The airport's IATA code is KBW. The airport is in the Anchorage Arctic FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Chignik Airport on April 26, 2024 22:42, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 020° with a speed of 7 kt.

Visibility is 10 mi.

There are overcast clouds at an altitude of 1,500 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 1,500 ft.

Current weather is light rain. The temperature is 2 °C, with a wind chill of -3 °C. The dew point is 1 °C, the relative humidity is 93%. The air pressure at sea level is 29.45 inHg (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:54 and sets at 22:07. This applies to Chignik Bay Seaplane Base, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -8 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
9/27 090°-270° 7 kt 2 kt 94 %
5/23 050°-230° 4 kt 6 kt 50 %

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

1,500 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Light rain
Temperature 2 °C
Dewpoint 1 °C
Rel. humidity 93%
Wind chill -3 °C
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Remarks

AO2Automatic weather station that can determine the type of precipitation
UPE01RAB01Unknown precipitation ended at 01, ended at
P0002Water equivalent of rainfall since previous observation is 0.02 inch (0.0 mm)
$This weather station needs maintenance
FZRANO

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:54 (7:58h)
Midday
14:30
Sunset
22:07

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