Europe Aviation Weather Report for George Best Belfast City Airport (EGAC/BHD)

Decoded TAF & METAR reports Decoded for George Best Belfast City Airport at 22:20 UTC on the 02th

Runways Available 04, 22


Below are the latest METAR & TAF reports for George Best Belfast City Airport, as well as details for the nearest alternates.

The warning and threat levels in the METAR and TAF reports are currently being displayed for an airliner operating as a multi crew, CAT2/3 capable IFR flight, if you wish to change these thresholds to be more suitable for general aviation aircraft operating single crew VFR then use this drop down to select general aviation

METAR data is updated on the hour and half hour, TAF data is updated every few hours inline with its publication schedule.



Weather Decoded for George Best Belfast City Airport at 22:20 UTC on the 02th

The follow is the current weather decoded from the most recently published METAR.


dawn sun  
Almanac for daylight hours at George Best Belfast City Airport, all times in UTC.


Dawn Twilight06:50
Sunrise07:28
Sunset16:45
Evening Twilight        17:24
Wind

Direction: Southerly

Magnetic: 190°

Speed: 2kts (3mph)

compass windsock
Visibility

Horizontal Visibility: Greater than 10km

Clouds

No clouds detected

Weather Phenomena

No precipitation detected

Temperature

Temperature: 04°

Dewpoint: 03°

Pressure

QNH: 1042

RAW METAR and TAF data for George Best Belfast City Airport with threats highlighted based on your type of flight operation above.

METAR
METAR EGAC 022220Z AUTO 19002KT 9999 NCD 04/03 Q1042
METAR EGAC 022150Z AUTO 21001KT 9999 NCD 04/04 Q1042
METAR EGAC 022120Z COR VRB01KT 9999 MIFG MIFG NSC 05/04 Q1042
METAR EGAC 022050Z AUTO 01003KT 9999 NCD 05/04 Q1042
runway
22
windsock
Runway 22
Headwind Crosswind
2 kts 1 kts

Wind favours runway 22 with a crosswind of 1 kts and a headwind of 2 kts


TAF
EGAC 021659Z 0218/0222 04004KT 9999 FEW045
PROB30 TEMPO 0218/0222 7000

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Both the latest METAR and TAF are decoded into plain text with hour by hour synopsis in the expanded decoded weather tab.
The nearest 4 alternate airport's weather is also avaiable via the Alternates tab.

The following is the forecast presented in hour segments from the most recently published TAF above.

Notes for using the following -
1) BECMG (becoming) assumes the change will occur at the end of the period listed, e.g. BECMG xx10/xx12, the new conditions will be present from 12 noon.
2) PROB30 are listed as Low Probability Temporary Conditions with PROB40 being listed as High Probability Temporary Conditions.
3) TEMPO are listed as Temporary Conditions, these conditions will be present for 50% of the time period.
4) All times are in UTC (zulu).

Forecast for period 18:00-19:00 on the 2nd

Wind
040/04Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 4500ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
7000 Meters
Forecast for period 19:00-20:00 on the 2nd

Wind
040/04Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 4500ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
7000 Meters
Forecast for period 20:00-21:00 on the 2nd

Wind
040/04Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 4500ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
7000 Meters
Forecast for period 21:00-22:00 on the 2nd

Wind
040/04Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 4500ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
7000 Meters

* Although every effort has been made to confirm the accuracy of these decode, the raw metar and TAF from above must be used for flight planning purposes.
** These decode are designed for civilian airports only, military decodes will most likely contain omissions or errors.

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Below are the nearest 4 airports (potentially including general aviation or airports with runways shorter than 1600M, as well as military airports) from our database that may also be useful for your planning purposes, sorted in distance from George Best Belfast City Airport.




Belfast International Airport (EGAA/BFS)
Runways Available 07, 17, 25, 35
Distance 14 Nautical Miles

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runway
07
windsock
Runway 07
Headwind Crosswind
3 kts 1 kts



Campbeltown Airport (EGEC/CAL)
Runways Available 11, 29
Distance 57 Nautical Miles

Campbeltown Airport is a general aviation airport, or the longest runway is less than 1600M


Clich here to see the full details for Campbeltown Airport

runway variable wind
Wind Variable (max)
Headwind Crosswind
~0 kts ~0 kts



City of Derry Airport (EGAE/LDY)
Runways Available 08, 26
Distance 59 Nautical Miles

Clich here to see the full details for City of Derry Airport

runway
26
windsock
Runway 26
Headwind Crosswind
1 kts 2 kts



Isle Of Man Airport (EGNS/IOM)
Runways Available 03, 08, 17, 21, 26, 35
Distance 62 Nautical Miles

Clich here to see the full details for Isle Of Man Airport

runway
03
windsock
Runway 03
Headwind Crosswind
9 kts 3 kts


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