Uthachi Highway Strip Airport

KP-0041 · Pyongyang, North Korea

Climate Uthachi Highway Strip Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Incheon International Airport (RKSI) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 74.8 69 67 70 83 82
February 75.4 82 64 73 81 68
March 70.5 68 83 70 75 59
April 81.0 82 70 79 91
May 77.6 75 75 91 76
June 75.6 90 76 60 68
July 65.0 48 54 77 84
August 80.2 85 83 70 80
September 83.8 79 82 88 90
October 86.7 82 87 84 86
November 76.0 89 80 74 69
December 80.1 92 72 88 82
Average 76.6 72.8 77.6 74.1 78.5 77.9

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 87.3 82 88 88 93 91
February 89.3 93 91 92 96 76
March 86.2 88 94 89 90 77
April 92.1 92 85 93 94
May 90.2 87 92 97 89
June 91.5 94 93 85 89
July 88.3 81 88 94 89
August 95.1 98 97 93 93
September 94.4 98 93 96 96
October 96.4 94 97 94 98
November 90.4 97 96 90 85
December 92.2 99 93 97 94
Average 90.8 87.8 92.5 91.7 92.9 89.4

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 2.1 2.5 2.7 1.6 1.3 1.6
February 4.1 2.3 6.2 5.0 2.5 6.0
March 10.7 11.0 10.3 12.3 10.4 11.6
April 16.4 18.8 16.6 16.8 17.0
May 21.0 20.6 22.0 20.8 20.1
June 25.2 26.3 25.1 25.1 25.1
July 28.7 28.6 28.6 29.1 30.3
August 29.5 31.8 29.6 27.8 29.0
September 26.0 28.3 26.8 25.6 26.3
October 19.2 20.3 20.0 18.0 19.6
November 11.9 13.1 10.5 13.9 12.4
December 3.8 4.2 4.2 2.3 5.0
Average 15.4 5.3 17.6 16.9 16.6 17.1

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 -5.1 -4.0 -4.0 -6.4 -6.2 -7.9
February -4.8 -5.2 -1.5 -3.9 -5.4 -3.5
March 2.6 2.2 2.6 3.1 2.7 3.6
April 8.3 10.0 8.8 8.9 9.3
May 13.2 13.4 14.3 13.5 12.6
June 18.4 18.8 18.8 19.0 18.3
July 23.2 23.6 23.6 23.6 24.3
August 23.8 25.8 23.6 23.0 22.8
September 19.5 22.3 21.0 18.8 19.5
October 12.0 13.5 12.5 11.3 12.5
November 4.6 6.5 3.7 6.0 4.9
December -4.8 -3.7 -3.9 -5.0 -3.5
Average 8.3 -3.9 10.8 10.0 9.8 9.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.8 11 13 6 3 7
February 6.8 3 15 0 5 4
March 4.5 8 6 2 4 9
April 6.8 6 7 1 9
May 9.3 13 11 0 19
June 8.1 4 9 10 10
July 12.6 16 16 10 5
August 13.5 5 18 19 16
September 10.6 9 13 9 10
October 5.8 8 2 10 8
November 8.7 13 12 4 14
December 6.7 1 14 11 7
Average 8.3 7.2 8.9 9.4 7.2 9.8

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 8 8 8 8 8
February 8.8 10 8 8 10 9
March 9.4 10 10 9 9 9
April 9.4 7 9 10 9
May 9.1 9 8 11 10
June 8.3 8 8 10 8
July 8.4 10 9 8 8
August 8.3 8 8 9 8
September 8.1 7 7 8 8
October 8.0 7 8 8 8
November 8.3 9 10 8 8
December 8.2 8 8 7 9
Average 8.6 9.4 8.3 8.2 8.8 8.4

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 303° 326° 313° 311° 330°
February 294° 350° 305° 284° 291°
March 272° 267° 264° 260° 281°
April 274° 240° 237° 273°
May 247° 228° 237° 242°
June 259° 248° 213° 243°
July 197° 211° 243° 248°
August 250° 290° 223° 236°
September 015° 327° 346° 054°
October 003° 275° 312° 322°
November 330° 281° 305° 301°
December 308° 338° 326° 313°

Prevailing wind direction

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