Mcmurdo Station Ice Runway

NZIR · Antarctica

METAR NZIR · Mcmurdo Station Ice Runway

25 April 20:55 LT
27m
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 040° Mcmurdo Station Ice Runway 11/29
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

5 kt

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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 1,700
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
OVC 2,200
METAR NZCM 250855Z AUTO 04007KT 9999 -SN SCT017 OVC022 M24/M29 A2912 RMK AO2 SNB0831 SLP866 T12401288 56042 $

METAR Mcmurdo Station Ice Runway - NZIR

Mcmurdo Station Ice Runway is a small airport in Antarctica. The airport is located at latitude -77.85419 and longitude 166.46482. The airport has 2 runways: 11/29 and 16/34. The ICAO airport code of this field is NZIR. The airport is in the Auckland Oceanic East FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Williams Field on April 25, 2024 20:55, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 040° with a speed of 7 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 1,700 ft and overcast clouds at an altitude of 2,200 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 2,200 ft.

Current weather is light snow. The temperature is -24 °C, with a wind chill of -37 °C. The dew point is -29 °C, the relative humidity is 63%. The air pressure at sea level is 986 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 12:00 and sets at 12:00. This applies to Mcmurdo Station Ice Runway, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +12 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

We don't have information about companies on this airport.

Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
11/29 174°-354° 5 kt 5 kt 72 %
16/34 124°-304° 7 kt 99 %

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 SCT Scattered clouds
2,200 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Light snow
Temperature -24.0 °C
Dewpoint -28.8 °C
Rel. humidity 63%
Wind chill -37 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Remarks

AO2Automatic weather station that can determine the type of precipitation
SNB0831Snow started at 0831, ended at
SLP866Sea level pressure is 986.6 hPa (29.13 inHg)
T12401288Temperature is -24.0 °C (-11.2 °F), dew point is -28.8 °C (-19.8 °F)
$This weather station needs maintenance
56042

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