Ballone Castle Airstrip

GB-0540 · Scotland, United Kingdom

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 080° Ballone Castle Airstrip 6/24
Wind: 24 kt, 6 beaufort

23 kt

7 kt
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BKN 700
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SCT 2,700
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OVC 6,800
METAR EGQA 281420Z AUTO 08024KT 6000 BR BKN007/// SCT027/// OVC068/// 08/06 Q0979

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 March 28, 2024 14:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 080° with a speed of 24 kt.

Visibility is 6 km.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 700 ft, scattered clouds at an altitude of 2,700 ft and overcast clouds at an altitude of 6,800 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 700 ft.

Current weather is mist. The temperature is 8 °C, with a wind chill of 1 °C. The dew point is 6 °C, the relative humidity is 87%. The air pressure at sea level is 979 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:52 and sets at 18:47. This applies to Ballone Castle Airstrip, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +0 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

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° 7 kt 23 kt 31 %

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

700 ft BKN Broken clouds
2,700 ft SCT Scattered clouds
6,800 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Mist
Temperature 8 °C
Dewpoint 6 °C
Rel. humidity 87%
Wind chill 1 °C
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:53
Midday
12:20
Sunset
18:48 (3:50h)

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