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 Mombasa airport (Kenya) / ICAO HKMO/ IATA MBA
Mombasa airport (Kenya) is located close to Mombasa, Kwa Jomvu at 2 mile↑, Mombasa at 5 mile↑, Old Mombasa at 5 mile↑, Kwale at 14 mile↑, Mariakani at 14 mile↑, Kinango at 20 mile↑, Gazi at 28 mile↑, Takaungu at 30 mile↑, Sawa Sawa at 31 mile↑, Kilifi at 33 mile↑,
Elevation : 61 m = 200 ft
Runways
- runway 03/21 : 3350 m = 10991 ft
- runway 15/33 : 1363 m = 4472 ft
aerial view of Mombasa
METAR for Mombasa airport - HKMO
HKMO 152030Z 07003KT 9999 FEW022 26/24 Q1010 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Mombasa Airport (Kenya)
METAR issued by HKMO on Saturday 15th of January 2022 at 20:30 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 4 days and 110 hours and -5742 minutes ago.
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 26 °C = 79 °F and dew point is 24 °C = 75 °F . This correspond to 89% relative humidity.
QNH is 1010 mb = 29.83 inHg
Wind speed is 6 km/h = 3 kt, direction is 70°.
Clouds : few clouds at 2200 ft = 670 m.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Mombasa airport - HKMO
HKMO 121700Z 1218/1324 05010KT 9999 FEW024 BECMG 1300/1303 36005KT FEW020 BECMG 1309/1312 06015KT FEW027
Decoded TAF for Mombasa Airport (Kenya)
TAF issued by HKMO on Wednesday 12th of January 2022 at 17:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 7 days and 17 hours and 48 minutes ago. A 30 hour weather forecast that is updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday 12th of January 2022 à 18:00 heure TU to Thursday 13th of January 2022 à 00:00 heure UTC
1218/1324 05010KT 9999 FEW024
Wind 10 kt = 19 km/h, direction is 50°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
few clouds at 2400 ft = 730 m
becoming from Thursday 13th of January 2022 à 03:00 heure TU to Thursday 13th of January 2022 à 09:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1300/1303 36005KT FEW020
Wind 5 kt = 9 km/h, direction is 360°
few clouds at 2000 ft = 610 m
becoming from Thursday 13th of January 2022 à 12:00 heure TU to Friday 14th of January 2022 à 00:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1309/1312 06015KT FEW027
Wind 15 kt = 28 km/h, direction is 60°
few clouds at 2700 ft = 820 m
close by
nearest airports to Mombasa
- for Ukunda airport (HKUK) at 18 mile↑
- for Malindi airport (HKML) at 66 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Tanga airport (HTTG) at 81 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Pemba airport (HTPE) at 86 mile↑
- for Voi airport (HKVO) at 86 mile↑
- for Mombo airport (HTMO) at 108 mile↑
- for Same airport (HTSE) at 124 mile↑
- for Kilaguni airport (HKKL) at 131 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)