Ballone Castle Airstrip

GB-0540 · Scotland, United Kingdom

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 230° Ballone Castle Airstrip 6/24
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

7 kt

1 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 14,000
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SCT 24,000
METAR EGQA 180250Z AUTO 23007KT 9999 SCT140/// SCT240/// 04/02 Q1018

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 03:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 230° with a speed of 7 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 14,000 ft and scattered clouds at an altitude of 24,000 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature is 4 °C, with a wind chill of -1 °C. The dew point is 2 °C, the relative humidity is 87%. The air pressure at sea level is 1018 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° 1 kt 7 kt 21 %

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

14,000 ft SCT Scattered clouds
24,000 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 4 °C
Dewpoint 2 °C
Rel. humidity 87%
Wind chill -1 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:55 (1:28h)
Midday
13:15
Sunset
20:34

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