Sakhir Air Base

OBKH · Southern Governorate, Bahrain

The METAR station used is 28 km away from the airport
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Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 310° Sakhir Air Base 17/35
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

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CAVOK
METAR OBBI 280900Z 31010KT 250V330 CAVOK 27/04 Q1017 NOSIG

METAR Sakhir Air Base - OBKH

Sakhir Air Base is a small airport in Southern Governorate, Bahrain. The airport is located at latitude 26.03464 and longitude 50.52455. The airport has one runway: 17/35. The ICAO airport code of this field is OBKH. The airport is in the Bahrain FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Bahrain International Airport on March 28, 2024 12:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 310° with a speed of 10 kt. The wind direction varies between 250° and 330°.

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 27 °C. The dew point is 4 °C, the relative humidity is 23%. The air pressure at sea level is 1017 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:32 and sets at 17:52. This applies to Sakhir Air Base, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +3 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
17/35 176°-356° 7 kt 7 kt 72 %

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 27 °C
Dewpoint 4 °C
Rel. humidity 23%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:32
Midday
11:42
Sunset
17:52 (5:30h)

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