Elcho Island Airport

YELD · Northern Territory, Australia

METAR YELD · Elcho Island Airport

27 April 12:00 LT
17m
The METAR station used is 138 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 140° Elcho Island Airport 10/28
Wind: 17 kt, 5 beaufort

13 kt

11 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 3,200
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BKN 4,000
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BKN 4,700
METAR YPGV 270230Z AUTO 14017KT 9999 // SCT032 BKN040 BKN047 30/24 Q1012

METAR Elcho Island Airport - YELD/ELC

Elcho Island Airport is a midsized airport in Northern Territory, Australia. The airport is located at latitude -12.01920 and longitude 135.57449. The airport has one runway: 10/28. The ICAO airport code of this field is YELD. The airport's IATA code is ELC. The airport is in the Brisbane FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Gove Airport on April 27, 2024 12:00, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 140° with a speed of 17 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 3,200 ft, broken clouds at an altitude of 4,000 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 4,700 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 4,000 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 30 °C. The heat index is 35. The dew point is 24 °C, the relative humidity is 70%. The air pressure at sea level is 1012 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:33 and sets at 18:16. This applies to Elcho Island Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +9 hour 30 minutes. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
10/28 100°-280° 11 kt 13 kt 64 %

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

3,200 ft SCT Scattered clouds
4,000 ft BKN Broken clouds
4,700 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 30 °C
Dewpoint 24 °C
Rel. humidity 70%
Heat index 35 °C
Kp-index 3 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:29
Midday
12:20
Sunset
18:11 (5:54h)

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