Batticaloa Airport

VCCB · Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

The METAR station used is 169 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 130° Batticaloa Airport 6/24
Wind: 2 kt, 1 beaufort

1 kt

2 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,800
Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,000
METAR VCRI 260010Z 13002KT 9999 VCTS FEW018 FEW020CB 25/25 Q1007 NOSIG RMK CB SW

METAR Batticaloa Airport - VCCB/BTC

Batticaloa Airport is a midsized airport in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. The airport is located at latitude 7.70576 and longitude 81.67880. The airport has one runway: 6/24. The ICAO airport code of this field is VCCB. The airport's IATA code is BTC. The airport is in the Colombo FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport on April 26, 2024 05:40, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 130° with a speed of 2 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 1,800 ft and few clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 2,000 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

Current weather is in the vicinity thunderstorms . The temperature and wind chill are 25 °C. The dew point is 25 °C, the relative humidity is 100%. The air pressure at sea level is 1007 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:49 and sets at 18:12. This applies to Batticaloa 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 %
6/24 060°-240° 2 kt 94 %

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
2,000 ft FEW Few clouds cumulonimbus

Temperature & Weather

Weather In the vicinity thunderstorms
Temperature 25 °C
Dewpoint 25 °C
Rel. humidity 100%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Remarks

CB SW

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:53
Midday
12:03
Sunset
18:12 (11:35h)

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