Washington Island Airstrip

PLWN · Kiribati

METAR PLWN · Washington Island Airstrip

29 March 14:00 LT
4m
The METAR station used is 453 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 030° Washington Island Airstrip 8/26
Wind: 3 kt, 1 beaufort

1 kt

3 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,800
METAR PLCH 290000Z 03003KT 9999 FEW018 32/26 Q1010

METAR Washington Island Airstrip - PLWN/TNQ

This field is located in Kiribati. The airport is located at latitude 4.69833 and longitude -160.39458. The airport has one runway: 8/26. The ICAO airport code of this field is PLWN. The airport's IATA code is TNQ. The airport is in the Oakland Oceanic West FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Cassidy International Airport on March 29, 2024 14:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 030° with a speed of 3 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 1,800 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 32 °C. The heat index is 42. The dew point is 26 °C, the relative humidity is 71%. The air pressure at sea level is 1010 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:41 and sets at 18:50. This applies to Washington Island Airstrip, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +14 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
8/26 091°-271° 3 kt 1 kt 87 %

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

1,800 ft FEW Few clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 32 °C
Dewpoint 26 °C
Rel. humidity 71%
Heat index 42 °C
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:29 (16:26h)
Midday
12:33
Sunset
18:37

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