Kapustin Yar Airfield

RU-0304 · Astrakhan, Russia

METAR RU-0304 · Kapustin Yar Airfield

9 May 21:30 LT
28m
The METAR station used is 103 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 360° Kapustin Yar Airfield 9/27
Wind: 6 kt, 2 beaufort

1 kt

5 kt
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CAVOK
METAR URWW 091730Z 36003MPS CAVOK 06/M12 Q1020 R23/010070 NOSIG

METAR Kapustin Yar Airfield - RU-0304

Kapustin Yar Airfield is a midsized airport in Astrakhan, Russia. The airport is located at latitude 48.66850 and longitude 45.73262. The airport has 2 runways: 9/27 and 9/27. This airport has no ICAO code, we use RU-0304 as reference. The airport is in the Rostov-na-donu FIR.

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

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 360° with a speed of 6 kt.

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 is 6 °C, with a wind chill of 2 °C. The dew point is -12 °C, the relative humidity is 26%. The air pressure at sea level is 1020 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:23 and sets at 20:23. This applies to Kapustin Yar Airfield, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +4 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Warnings

Runway condition RWY 23: Clear and dry, contamination 10% or less, deposit is less than 1mm deep, friction coefficient 0.7

Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
9/27 100°-280° 5 kt 98 %
9/27 099°-279° 5 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.

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 6 °C
Dewpoint -12 °C
Rel. humidity 26%
Wind chill 2 °C
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Runway condition

23 Clear and dry, contamination 10% or less, deposit is less than 1mm deep, friction coefficient 0.7

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:28 (7:29h)
Midday
12:59
Sunset
20:29

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