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 Luxor airport (Egypt) / ICAO HELX/ IATA LXR
Luxor airport (Egypt) is located close to Luxor, Al Ḩubayl at 3 mile↑, Muḩāfaz̧at al Uqşur at 4 mile↑, Luxor at 4 mile↑, Naj‘ al Khuţbah at 5 mile↑, Muḩāfaz̧at Qinā at 9 mile↑, Kousa at 17 mile↑, Isna at 28 mile↑, Qina at 34 mile↑, Dishna at 34 mile↑, Naj Hammadi at 39 mile↑,
Elevation : 90 m = 295 ft
Runways
- runway 02/20 : 3000 m = 9843 ft
aerial view of Luxor
METAR for Luxor airport - HELX
HELX 162200Z 21002KT CAVOK 08/01 Q1018
Decoded METAR for Luxor Airport (Egypt)
METAR issued by HELX on Sunday 16th of January 2022 at 22:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 5 days and 140 hours and -7199 minutes ago.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 8 °C = 46 °F and dew point is 1 °C = 34 °F . This correspond to 61% relative humidity.
QNH is 1018 mb = 30.06 inHg
Wind speed is 4 km/h = 2 kt, direction is 210°.
Sky clear
TAF for Luxor airport - HELX
HELX 161700Z 1618/1724 33008KT CAVOK
Decoded TAF for Luxor Airport (Egypt)
TAF issued by HELX on Sunday 16th of January 2022 at 17:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 6 days and 1 hours and 1 minutes ago. A 30 hour weather forecast that is updated every 6 hours.
from Sunday 16th of January 2022 à 18:00 heure TU to Tuesday 18th of January 2022 à 00:00 heure UTC
1618/1724 33008KT CAVOK
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
Wind 8 kt = 15 km/h, direction is 330°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
close by
nearest airports to Luxor
- for Sohag International airport (HESG) at 76 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Marsa Alam International airport (HEMA) at 117 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Aswan airport (HESN) at 118 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Hurghada airport (HEGN) at 124 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for El Gouna airport (HEGO) at 131 mile↑
- for El Khargha airport (HEKG) at 133 mile↑
- for Asyut airport (HEAT) at 142 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for El Tor airport (HETR) at 185 mile↑METAR & TAF
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)