Tawau Airport

WBKW · Sabah, Malaysia

METAR WBKW · Tawau Airport

5 May 12:00 LT
1h
The METAR station used is 177 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 040° Tawau Airport 6/24
Wind: 9 kt, 3 beaufort

9 kt

3 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 1,600
METAR WBKS 050400Z 04009KT 350V080 9999 SCT016 33/27 Q1008

METAR Tawau Airport - WBKW/TWU

Tawau Airport is a midsized airport in Sabah, Malaysia. The airport is located at latitude 4.31337 and longitude 118.12200. The airport has one runway: 6/24. The ICAO airport code of this field is WBKW. The airport's IATA code is TWU. The airport is in the Kota Kinabalu FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Sandakan Airport on May 5, 2024 12:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 040° with a speed of 9 kt. The wind direction varies between 350° and 080°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 1,600 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 33 °C. The heat index is 43. The dew point is 27 °C, the relative humidity is 71%. The air pressure at sea level is 1008 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:55 and sets at 18:12. This applies to Tawau Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +8 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
6/24 057°-237° 3 kt 9 kt 29 %

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

1,600 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 33 °C
Dewpoint 27 °C
Rel. humidity 71%
Heat index 43 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:53
Midday
12:04
Sunset
18:14 (5:11h)

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