Afyon Air Base

LTAH · Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye

Climate Afyon Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Süleyman Demirel International Airport (LTFC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.1 80 82 76 58 88
February 87.6 83 94 81 95 78
March 91.0 87 72 91 98 94
April 95.0 77 98 97 97
May 95.5 73 100 100 100
June 97.0 86 99 96 100
July 99.7 99 100 100 100
August 99.3 99 99 100 100
September 99.6 99 100 100 100
October 98.0 97 99 100 100
November 87.4 83 98 89 91
December 67.0 59 47 67 59
Average 91.5 83.4 85.5 93.4 93.1 93.7

22nd best VFR conditions of Türkiye

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.4 95 98 96 72 98
February 97.4 98 99 96 100 94
March 98.8 99 99 98 100 98
April 99.8 100 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 99 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 99.7 100 100 100 100
November 95.6 97 100 93 99
December 83.4 79 56 97 76
Average 97.7 97.2 98.0 97.4 97.2 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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.4 9 11 5 7 8
February 10.6 13 9 9 12 9
March 13.4 15 14 7 12 15
April 18.8 16 21 19 19
May 24.2 21 24 28 24
June 27.6 26 28 27 28
July 32.7 33 32 33 34
August 33.3 36 33 34 34
September 29.3 29 29 27 31
October 23.0 24 23 22 25
November 16.1 16 17 18 16
December 9.9 11 12 9 11
Average 19.5 12.1 20.6 20.1 20.5 21.0

31st highest temperature of Türkiye

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -2.2 1 -2 -4 0 -3
February -2.8 0 -4 -2 -1 -1
March 1.2 2 2 -3 0 2
April 4.4 4 5 5 5
May 9.0 9 8 10 9
June 13.3 13 14 13 12
July 17.2 16 16 18 19
August 17.4 18 18 18 17
September 13.1 13 12 12 15
October 7.6 8 8 7 9
November 2.7 4 2 4 2
December 0.9 1 3 1 1
Average 6.2 0.8 6.9 6.5 7.1 7.3

18th lowest temperature of Türkiye

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.7 9 6 15 17 5
February 7.3 6 3 10 2 15
March 7.2 6 16 12 7 4
April 4.4 8 4 3 6
May 3.2 9 2 0 5
June 1.6 5 2 2 1
July 0.2 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 1 0 0 0
October 1.3 2 1 1 2
November 4.7 7 5 4 0
December 9.3 7 2 16 3
Average 4.1 6.8 5.2 4.0 3.8 3.2

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.7 7 5 7 7 7
February 6.8 5 7 8 8 8
March 7.7 6 8 9 8 8
April 7.3 8 7 8 7
May 7.2 6 8 8 7
June 7.0 6 8 7 7
July 8.2 9 8 9 7
August 7.0 7 7 8 6
September 6.5 6 7 8 6
October 5.7 4 6 6 6
November 5.2 7 4 5 6
December 5.0 4 2 7 4
Average 6.7 6.0 6.5 7.1 7.5 6.7

31st highest wind speed of Türkiye

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 355° 188° 357° 240° 357°
February 314° 002° 325° 012° 283°
March 286° 282° 002° 287° 355°
April 254° 248° 302° 248°
May 320° 329° 280° 302°
June 345° 329° 326° 266°
July 007° 017° 358° 359°
August 249° 292° 358° 348°
September 015° 301° 328° 322°
October 294° 337° 318° 225°
November 245° 207° 192° 022°
December 316° 193° 349° 175°

Prevailing wind direction

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