Palaviya Airport

LK-0002 · North Western, Sri Lanka

The METAR station used is 89 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 120° Palaviya Airport 4/22
Wind: 5 kt, 2 beaufort

1 kt

5 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,700
Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,900
METAR VCBI 241510Z 12005KT 080V140 9000 VCTS FEW017 FEW019CB 26/25 Q1008 NOSIG RMK CB S/SW/W

METAR Palaviya Airport - LK-0002

Palaviya Airport is a small airport in North Western, Sri Lanka. The airport is located at latitude 7.97967 and longitude 79.85650. The airport has one runway: 4/22. This airport has no ICAO code, we use LK-0002 as reference. The airport is in the Colombo FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport on April 24, 2024 20:40, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 120° with a speed of 5 kt. The wind direction varies between 080° and 140°.

Visibility is 9 km.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 1,700 ft and few clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 1,900 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

Current weather is in the vicinity thunderstorms . The temperature and wind chill are 26 °C. The dew point is 25 °C, the relative humidity is 94%. The air pressure at sea level is 1008 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:57 and sets at 18:19. This applies to Palaviya Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +5 hour 30 minutes. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
4/22 047°-227° 5 kt 1 kt 96 %

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

1,700 ft FEW Few clouds
1,900 ft FEW Few clouds cumulonimbus

Temperature & Weather

Weather In the vicinity thunderstorms
Temperature 26 °C
Dewpoint 25 °C
Rel. humidity 94%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Remarks

CB S/SW/W

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:58 (8:08h)
Midday
12:08
Sunset
18:18

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