El Descanso de Poco Sol Airport

MRED · Alajuela, Costa Rica

The METAR station used is 103 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 100° El Descanso de Poco Sol Airport 8/26
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

9 kt

4 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
CAVOK
METAR MROC 290700Z 10010KT 070V130 CAVOK 23/15 A3008 NOSIG

METAR El Descanso de Poco Sol Airport - MRED

El Descanso de Poco Sol Airport is a small airport in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The airport is located at latitude 10.86886 and longitude -84.52873. The airport has one runway: 8/26. The ICAO airport code of this field is MRED. The airport is in the Central American FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Juan Santamaría International Airport on March 29, 2024 01:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 100° with a speed of 10 kt. The wind direction varies between 070° and 130°.

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 23 °C. The dew point is 15 °C, the relative humidity is 61%. The air pressure at sea level is 1019 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:36 and sets at 17:49. This applies to El Descanso de Poco Sol Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -6 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 %
8/26 075°-255° 4 kt 9 kt 42 %

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 23 °C
Dewpoint 15 °C
Rel. humidity 61%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:35 (4:18h)
Midday
11:41
Sunset
17:47

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