Open Bay Airport

AYOY · East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Climate Open Bay Airport 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nadzab Airport (AYNZ) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 98.9 100 100 100 100 98
February 99.4 99 100 99 100 98
March 98.4 97 98 97 100 97
April 97.3 96 99 100 100
May 96.2 98 91 96 100 97
June 93.4 95 91 94 99 95
July 91.3 83 91 99 90
August 92.8 85 92 96 95
September 92.5 93 80 99 92
October 97.9 97 99 99 100
November 99.0 98 100 100 99
December 97.3 98 95 100 99
Average 95.8 97.5 93.9 95.0 99.1 96.8

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.5 100 100 100 100 98
February 99.7 100 100 99 100 98
March 99.3 100 99 100 100 97
April 99.2 99 100 100 100
May 98.4 100 97 99 100 98
June 97.1 98 97 99 100 97
July 94.7 91 96 99 92
August 95.3 90 96 97 95
September 96.3 97 92 99 97
October 99.0 99 100 100 100
November 99.7 100 100 100 100
December 98.3 100 100 100 99
Average 97.9 99.4 97.2 98.5 99.4 97.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 33.3 33.8 33.3 33.7 33.0 33.7
February 32.7 33.2 34.2 32.6 33.2 31.8
March 32.6 32.7 33.7 34.2 33.5 32.2
April 31.4 32.7 33.3 32.3 28.6
May 31.1 32.2 30.5 31.6 32.7 31.5
June 29.8 31.5 30.6 30.3 31.6 29.8
July 29.2 29.0 29.6 31.6 29.6
August 29.9 29.6 29.6 32.1 30.1
September 30.3 31.1 29.5 33.1 29.8
October 32.1 32.2 31.6 34.7 33.0
November 32.7 33.0 33.2 34.7 33.8
December 33.0 32.8 34.2 32.8 33.2
Average 31.5 32.7 31.9 32.0 32.9 31.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 23.0 22.1 24.0 23.6 23.6 23.6
February 21.9 22.6 20.6 22.8 24.1 23.5
March 21.8 19.6 19.3 24.6 19.5 23.3
April 21.4 22.3 21.6 20.8 19.8
May 20.9 21.5 20.0 21.6 20.1 23.3
June 20.3 19.3 18.0 21.6 21.5 23.3
July 19.0 17.6 18.3 23.0 20.1
August 19.5 19.3 19.6 20.3 23.8
September 19.8 22.3 16.1 19.8 23.1
October 21.5 21.6 21.3 22.3 24.3
November 22.2 19.8 21.6 23.1 25.1
December 22.2 19.1 19.6 23.1 24.0
Average 21.2 21.0 20.3 21.0 21.7 23.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.2 0 1 0 0 1
February 0.3 0 0 1 0 3
March 0.6 0 1 0 0 1
April 1.1 3 0 0 0
May 2.6 1 5 1 0 1
June 3.5 4 5 2 2 5
July 5.8 11 3 4 8
August 5.8 12 4 6 7
September 6.2 6 12 1 6
October 0.9 1 0 0 1
November 0.6 0 0 1 2
December 0.4 0 0 2 1
Average 2.9 1.1 3.7 1.8 1.3 2.6

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.8 7 6 7 7 7
February 8.4 7 7 7 8 8
March 7.6 7 6 7 8 7
April 8.0 6 7 8 7
May 7.9 7 7 6 8 8
June 7.4 7 7 7 7 7
July 7.7 7 7 8 7
August 8.8 7 9 10 8
September 8.7 7 8 8 9
October 9.2 8 8 8 10
November 9.3 7 9 10 11
December 8.2 7 8 8 9
Average 7.8 6.9 6.8 7.5 8.2 8.0

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 140° 135° 133° 096° 115°
February 166° 116° 121° 124° 104°
March 095° 110° 115° 106° 112°
April 098° 104° 097° 101°
May 097° 092° 094° 096° 100°
June 079° 091° 095° 092° 096°
July 090° 092° 093° 087°
August 086° 095° 090° 082°
September 093° 093° 092° 083°
October 103° 097° 098° 084°
November 125° 100° 102° 067°
December 131° 105° 107° 062°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.