Anuradhapura Airport

VCCA · North Central, Sri Lanka

METAR VCCA · Anuradhapura Airport

19 April 21:40 LT
56m
The METAR station used is 138 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 250° Anuradhapura Airport 5/23
Wind: 5 kt, 2 beaufort

5 kt

2 kt
Change
0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 1,700
Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,900
METAR VCBI 191610Z 25005KT 210V290 9999 VCTS SCT017 FEW019CB 31/26 Q1008 NOSIG RMK CB E/SE

METAR Anuradhapura Airport - VCCA/ACJ

Anuradhapura Airport is a midsized airport in North Central, Sri Lanka. The airport is located at latitude 8.30190 and longitude 80.42881. The airport has one runway: 5/23. The ICAO airport code of this field is VCCA. The airport's IATA code is ACJ. The airport is in the Colombo FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport on April 19, 2024 21:40, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 250° with a speed of 5 kt. The wind direction varies between 210° and 290°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 1,700 ft and few clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 1,900 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

Current weather is in the vicinity thunderstorms . The temperature and wind chill are 31 °C. The heat index is 39. The dew point is 26 °C, the relative humidity is 75%. The air pressure at sea level is 1008 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:57 and sets at 18:17. This applies to Anuradhapura Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +5 hour 30 minutes. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
5/23 046°-226° 2 kt 5 kt 41 %

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
1,900 ft FEW Few clouds cumulonimbus

Temperature & Weather

Weather In the vicinity thunderstorms
Temperature 31 °C
Dewpoint 26 °C
Rel. humidity 75%
Heat index 39 °C
Kp-index 5 (0-9)

Remarks

CB E/SE

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:00 (7:23h)
Midday
12:09
Sunset
18:18

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