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 Kars airport (Turkey) / ICAO LTCF/ IATA KSY
Kars airport (Turkey) is located close to Kars, Karacaören at 1 mile↑, Kars at 3 mile↑, Kars at 10 mile↑, Susuz at 15 mile↑, Selim at 19 mile↑, Digor at 20 mile↑, Köseler at 22 mile↑, Arpacay at 23 mile↑, Kagizman at 28 mile↑, Akyaka at 29 mile↑,
Elevation : 1795 m = 5889 ft
Runways
- runway 06/24 : 3500 m = 11483 ft
aerial view of Kars
METAR for Kars airport - LTCF
LTCF 171550Z 30006KT 220V320 9999 FEW040 M20/M24 Q1015
Decoded METAR for Kars Airport (Turkey)
METAR issued by LTCF on Monday 17th of January 2022 at 15:50 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 5 days and 122 hours and -7146 minutes ago.
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is -20 °C = -4 °F and dew point is -24 °C = -11 °F . This correspond to 70% relative humidity.
QNH is 1015 mb = 29.97 inHg
Wind speed is 11 km/h = 6 kt, direction is 300°.
Clouds : few clouds at 4000 ft = 1220 m.
TAF for Kars airport - LTCF
LTCF 171340Z 1715/1724 VRB02KT 9999 FEW040 BECMG 1715/1717 CAVOK
Decoded TAF for Kars Airport (Turkey)
TAF issued by LTCF on Monday 17th of January 2022 at 13:40 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 5 days and 5 hours and 4 minutes ago. A 9 hour weather forecast that is updated every 3 hours.
from Monday 17th of January 2022 à 15:00 heure TU to Monday 17th of January 2022 à 15:00 heure UTC
1715/1724 VRB02KT 9999 FEW040
Wind 2 kt = 4 km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
few clouds at 4000 ft = 1220 m
becoming from Monday 17th of January 2022 à 17:00 heure TU to Tuesday 18th of January 2022 à 00:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1715/1717 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
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
close by
nearest airports to Kars
- for Gyumri Shirak airport (UDSG) at 41 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Agri airport (LTCO) at 63 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Stepanavan airport (UDLS) at 72 mile↑
- for Zvartnots International airport (UDYZ) at 73 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Erebuni airport (UDYE) at 77 mile↑
- for Batumi International airport (UGSB) at 107 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Maku National airport (OITU) at 110 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Erzurum airport (LTCE) at 111 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)