Aeronautical current weather observation and short-term forecast for pilots, flight preparation with the METAR (Meteorological Aerodrome Report : current weather report), and TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast: short-term weather forecast message for aviation). And other resources like VAC (Visual Approach Chart) and NOTAM (Notice To Airman) to prepare a flights.
METAR, TAF, VAC, NOTAM Kuusamo airport (Finland) / ICAO EFKS/ IATA KAO
Kuusamo airport (Finland) is located close to Kuusamo, Kuusamo at 1 mile↑, Saapunki at 2 mile↑, Posio at 31 mile↑, Taivalkoski at 40 mile↑, Makarely at 45 mile↑, Lapinlaksha at 47 mile↑, Anzhaniyemi at 47 mile↑, Korpiozero at 47 mile↑, Kutunen at 48 mile↑, Tukhkala at 48 mile↑,
Elevation : 264 m = 866 ft
Runways
- runway 12/30 : 2500 m = 8202 ft
aerial view of Kuusamo
METAR for Kuusamo airport - EFKS
EFKS 252220Z AUTO VRB02KT CAVOK 04/04 Q1005
Decoded METAR for Kuusamo Airport (Finland)
METAR issued by EFKS on Sunday 26th of September 2021 at 22:20 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 hours and 38 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 4 °C = 39 °F and dew point is 4 °C = 39 °F . This correspond to 100% relative humidity.
QNH is 1005 mb = 29.68 inHg
Wind speed is 4 km/h = 2 kt, direction is °.
Sky clear
TAF for Kuusamo airport - EFKS
EFKS 121429Z 1215/1221 13005KT 9999 -RA BKN006 TEMPO 2000 RA BKN003
Decoded TAF for Kuusamo Airport (Finland)
TAF issued by EFKS on Sunday 12th of September 2021 at 14:29 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 13 days and 10 hours and 29 minutes ago. A 6 hour weather forecast that is updated every 3 hours.
from Sunday 12th of September 2021 à 15:00 heure TU to Sunday 12th of September 2021 à 21:00 heure UTC
1215/1221 13005KT 9999 -RA BKN006
Wind 5 kt = 9 km/h, direction is 130°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
light rain
broken at 600 ft = 180 m
temporarily from Thursday 1st of January 1970 à 00:00 heure TU to Thursday 1st of January 1970 à 00:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2000 RA BKN003
Visibility is 2 km = 1 mile.
rain
broken at 300 ft = 90 m
close by
nearest airports to Kuusamo
- for Kalevala airport (ULPK) at 76 mile↑
- for Kemijarvi airport (EFKM) at 76 mile↑
- for Pudasjarvi airport (EFPU) at 77 mile↑
- for Ranau airport (EFRU) at 81 mile↑
- for Suomussalmi airport (EFSU) at 82 mile↑
- for Rovaniemi airport (EFRO) at 103 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Ii Airfield airport (EFML) at 119 mile↑
- for Sodankyla airport (EFSO) at 121 mile↑
Data sources
- NOTAM : ICAO (www.icao.int)
- METAR : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- TAF : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- Météo générale : Openweathermap (www.openweathermap.org) et AVWX (avwx.rest)
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA (www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr), Espagne ENAIRE (https://aip.enaire.es)
- Aerial maps : Google Maps (www.google.com), Microsoft Bing (www.microsoft.com) ou OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org)