Ballone Castle Airstrip

GB-0540 · Scotland, United Kingdom

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 280° Ballone Castle Airstrip 6/24
Wind: 19 kt, 5 beaufort

15 kt

12 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,400
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 2,600
METAR EGQA 181550Z 28019KT 9999 FEW014 BKN026 10/07 Q1009 RMK BLU

METAR Ballone Castle Airstrip - GB-0540

Ballone Castle Airstrip is a small airport in Scotland, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 57.83219 and longitude -3.80879. The airport has one runway: 6/24. This airport has no ICAO code, we use GB-0540 as reference. The airport is in the Scottish FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Tain Range on April 18, 2024 16:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 280° with a speed of 19 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 1,400 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 2,600 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 2,600 ft.

The temperature is 10 °C, with a wind chill of 5 °C. The dew point is 7 °C, the relative humidity is 82%. The air pressure at sea level is 1009 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:54 and sets at 20:34. This applies to Ballone Castle Airstrip, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +1 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Experiences

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Do not use for flight planning
The airport may be closed or require prior permission. True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
6/24 062°-242° 12 kt 15 kt 62 %

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

1,400 ft FEW Few clouds
2,600 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 10 °C
Dewpoint 7 °C
Rel. humidity 82%
Wind chill 5 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:55
Midday
13:15
Sunset
20:34 (3:30h)

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