Saintes Thénac Airfield

LFXB · Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

The METAR station used is 66 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 280° Saintes Thénac Airfield 5/23
Wind: 3 kt, 1 beaufort

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METAR LFBU 291500Z AUTO 28003KT 7000 RA ///CB 10/08 Q0996 TEMPO 4000 RA BKN014 FEW030TCU

METAR Saintes Thénac Airfield - LFXB

Saintes Thénac Airfield is a small airport in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The airport is located at latitude 45.69983 and longitude -0.63677. The airport has 4 runways: 5/23, 12/30, 5R/23L and 5L/23R. The ICAO airport code of this field is LFXB. The airport is in the Bordeaux FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Angoulême-Brie-Champniers Airport on March 29, 2024 16:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 280° with a speed of 3 kt.

Visibility is 7 km.

There are . No ceiling has been observed.

Current weather is rain. The temperature is 10 °C, with a wind chill of 8 °C. The dew point is 8 °C, the relative humidity is 88%. The air pressure at sea level is 996 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Temporary

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. The visibility becomes 4 km. Significant weather: rain. broken clouds at an altitude of 1,400 ft and few clouds towering cumulus at an altitude of 3,000 ft.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:47 and sets at 19:27. This applies to Saintes Thénac Airfield, 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

On this airport you can find flying clubs. The only known company on this field is Aéroclub de Saintes.

Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
5/23 052°-232° 2 kt 2 kt 74 %
12/30 120°-300° 1 kt 3 kt 34 %
5R/23L 052°-232° 2 kt 2 kt 74 %
5L/23R 052°-232° 2 kt 2 kt 74 %

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

Weather Rain
Temperature 10 °C
Dewpoint 8 °C
Rel. humidity 88%
Wind chill 8 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:43
Midday
13:03
Sunset
19:23 (2:59h)

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