Cairns International Airport

YBCS · Queensland, Australia

METAR YBCS · Cairns International Airport

29 March 09:00 LT
18m
The METAR station used is 508 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 070° Cairns International Airport 15/33
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort


7 kt
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Nil cloud detected
METAR YBMA 282300Z AUTO 07007KT 9999 // NCD 27/23 Q1015 RF00.0/000.0

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 Mount Isa Airport on March 29, 2024 09:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 070° with a speed of 7 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 30. The dew point is 23 °C, the relative humidity is 79%. The air pressure at sea level is 1015 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:22 and sets at 18:21. 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° 7 kt 100 %

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 23 °C
Rel. humidity 79%
Heat index 30 °C
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:48
Midday
12:47
Sunset
18:45

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