Slemish Airfield

GB-0879 · Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 28 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 110° Slemish Airfield 8/26
Wind: 5 kt, 2 beaufort

4 kt

3 kt
Change
0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,600
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 4,600
METAR EGAA 261150Z 11005KT 060V140 9999 FEW026CB SCT046 08/02 Q1006

METAR Slemish Airfield - GB-0879

Slemish Airfield is a small airport in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 54.90361 and longitude -6.13365. The airport has one runway: 8/26. This airport has no ICAO code, we use GB-0879 as reference. The airport is in the Scottish FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Belfast International Airport on April 26, 2024 12:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 110° with a speed of 5 kt. The wind direction varies between 060° and 140°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 2,600 ft and scattered clouds at an altitude of 4,600 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature is 8 °C, with a wind chill of 5 °C. The dew point is 2 °C, the relative humidity is 66%. The air pressure at sea level is 1006 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:54 and sets at 20:50. This applies to Slemish Airfield, 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 %
8/26 076°-256° 3 kt 4 kt 56 %

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

2,600 ft FEW Few clouds cumulonimbus
4,600 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 8 °C
Dewpoint 2 °C
Rel. humidity 66%
Wind chill 5 °C
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:55
Midday
13:22
Sunset
20:49 (7:30h)

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