Kapal Airport

KPL · Western Province, Papua New Guinea

METAR KPL · Kapal Airport

9 May 20:30 LT
30m
The METAR station used is 225 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 120° Kapal Airport 14/32
Wind: 14 kt, 4 beaufort

12 kt

6 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 1,700
METAR YHID 091030Z AUTO 12014KT 9999 // SCT017 27/25 Q1011 RF00.0/006.8

METAR Kapal Airport - KPL

Kapal Airport is a small airport in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The airport is located at latitude -8.63005 and longitude 142.82334. The airport has one runway: 14/32. This airport has no ICAO code, we use PG-0184 as reference. The local airport ID (FAA LID) of this airport is KPL. The airport's IATA code is KPL. The airport is in the Brisbane FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Horn Island Airport on May 9, 2024 20:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 120° with a speed of 14 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 1,700 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 27 °C. The heat index is 31. The dew point is 25 °C, the relative humidity is 89%. The air pressure at sea level is 1011 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:32 and sets at 18:17. This applies to Kapal Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +10 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
14/32 147°-327° 6 kt 12 kt 45 %

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

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 27 °C
Dewpoint 25 °C
Rel. humidity 89%
Heat index 31 °C
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:37 (9:37h)
Midday
12:27
Sunset
18:17

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