Cairns International Airport

YBCS · Queensland, Australia

METAR YBCS · Cairns International Airport

19 April 10:30 LT
15m
The METAR station used is 622 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 030° Cairns International Airport 15/33
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

4 kt

6 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 1,300
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
OVC 2,100
METAR YHID 190030Z AUTO 03007KT 9999 // BKN013 OVC021 30/27 Q1008

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 Horn Island Airport on April 19, 2024 10:30, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 030° with a speed of 7 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 1,300 ft and overcast clouds at an altitude of 2,100 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 1,300 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 30 °C. The heat index is 39. The dew point is 27 °C, the relative humidity is 84%. The air pressure at sea level is 1008 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:26 and sets at 18:05. This applies to Cairns International Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +10 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
15/33 156°-336° 6 kt 4 kt 81 %

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

1,300 ft BKN Broken clouds
2,100 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 30 °C
Dewpoint 27 °C
Rel. humidity 84%
Heat index 39 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:35
Midday
12:29
Sunset
18:24 (7:40h)

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