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) to prepare a flights.
METAR, TAF, VAC Nouakchott-Oumtounsy airport (Mauritania) / ICAO GQNO/ IATA NKC
Nouakchott-Oumtounsy airport (Mauritania) is located close to Nouakchott, Ksar at 15 mile↑, Nouakchott at 16 mile↑, Boutilimit at 99 mile↑, Rosso at 124 mile↑, Rosso at 126 mile↑, Richard-Toll at 129 mile↑, Rhouma at 129 mile↑, Souima at 132 mile↑, Akjoujt at 140 mile↑, Keur Mor Ibra at 141 mile↑,
Elevation : 3 m = 10 ft
Runways
- runway 16/34 : 3400 m = 11155 ft
- runway 06/24 : 2400 m = 7874 ft
aerial view of Nouakchott-Oumtounsy
METAR for Nouakchott-Oumtounsy airport - GQNO
GQNO 110230Z 10005KT 6000 NSC 16/M08 Q1013 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Nouakchott-Oumtounsy Airport (Mauritania)
METAR issued by GQNO on Tuesday 11th of January 2022 at 02:30 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 7 days and 191 hours and -10049 minutes ago.
Visibility is 6 km = 4 mile.
Temperature is 16 °C = 61 °F and dew point is -8 °C = 18 °F . This correspond to 18% relative humidity.
QNH is 1013 mb = 29.91 inHg
Wind speed is 9 km/h = 5 kt, direction is 100°.
No clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude (No Significant Clouds).
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Nouakchott-Oumtounsy airport - GQNO
GQNO 102300Z 1100/1206 07010KT 6000 NSC TEMPO 1108/1115 4000 BLDU
Decoded TAF for Nouakchott-Oumtounsy Airport (Mauritania)
TAF issued by GQNO on Tuesday 11th of January 2022 at 23:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 8 days and 3 hours and 1 minutes ago. A 30 hour weather forecast that is updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday 11th of January 2022 à 00:00 heure TU to Wednesday 12th of January 2022 à 06:00 heure UTC
1100/1206 07010KT 6000 NSC
Wind 10 kt = 19 km/h, direction is 70°
Visibility is 6 km = 4 mile.
temporarily from Tuesday 11th of January 2022 à 08:00 heure TU to Tuesday 11th of January 2022 à 15:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1108/1115 4000 BLDU
Visibility is 4 km = 2 mile.
blowing dust
close by
nearest airports to Nouakchott-Oumtounsy
- for Boutilmit airport (GQNB) at 100 mile↑
- for Podor airport (GOSP) at 130 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Richard Toll airport (GOSR) at 131 mile↑
- for Akoujt airport (GQNJ) at 143 mile↑
- for Saint Louis airport (GOSS) at 159 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Bogue airport (GQNE) at 164 mile↑
- for Nouadhibou airport (GQPP) at 194 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Kaedi airport (GQNK) at 220 mile↑
Data sources
- 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)