Cairns International Airport

YBCS · Queensland, Australia

METAR YBCS · Cairns International Airport

30 March 00:00 LT
22m
The METAR station used is 598 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 120° Cairns International Airport 15/33
Wind: 27 kt, 6 beaufort

22 kt

16 kt
Change
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Nil cloud detected
METAR YBHM 291400Z AUTO 12027KT 9999 // NCD 27/21 Q1018 RF00.0/000.2

METAR Cairns International Airport - YBCS/CNS

Cairns International Airport is a midsized airport in Queensland, Australia. The airport is located at latitude -16.87905 and longitude 145.75000. The airport has one runway: 15/33. The ICAO airport code of this field is YBCS. The airport's IATA code is CNS. The airport is in the Brisbane FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Hamilton Island Airport on March 30, 2024 00:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 120° with a speed of 27 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are nil cloud detected. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 27 °C. The heat index is 29. The dew point is 21 °C, the relative humidity is 70%. The air pressure at sea level is 1018 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:22 and sets at 18:20. This applies to Cairns International Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +10 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
15/33 156°-336° 16 kt 22 kt 59 %

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

- NCD Nil cloud detected

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 27 °C
Dewpoint 21 °C
Rel. humidity 70%
Heat index 29 °C
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:10 (5:48h)
Midday
12:08
Sunset
18:07

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