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 Avalon airport (Australia) / ICAO YMAV/ IATA AVV
Avalon airport (Australia) is located close to Melbourne, Greater Geelong at 1 mile↑, Lara at 4 mile↑, Little River at 5 mile↑, Corio at 6 mile↑, Norlane at 8 mile↑, Lovely Banks at 8 mile↑, Geelong West at 9 mile↑, Clifton Springs at 9 mile↑, Geelong at 9 mile↑, Moorabool at 10 mile↑,
Elevation : 11 m = 36 ft
Runways
- runway 18/36 : 3048 m = 10000 ft
aerial view of Avalon
METAR for Avalon airport - YMAV
METAR YMAV 061400Z AUTO 25005KT 9999 // SCT125 19/18 Q1007 RMK RF00.0/000.0
Decoded METAR for Avalon Airport (Australia)
METAR issued by YMAV on Thursday 6th of January 2022 at 14:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 12 days and 298 hours and -17229 minutes ago.
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 19 °C = 66 °F and dew point is 18 °C = 64 °F . This correspond to 94% relative humidity.
QNH is 1007 mb = 29.74 inHg
Wind speed is 9 km/h = 5 kt, direction is 250°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 12500 ft = 3810 m.
Remarks : RF000/0000
TAF for Avalon airport - YMAV
YMAV 061128Z 0612/0712 22004KT CAVOK FM061700 05007KT 9999 SCT020 FM070100 01010KT 9999 -SHRA NSC FM070500 18012KT 9999 -SHRA SCT020 FM071100 21010KT 9999 -DZ BKN015 INTER 0702/0706 3000 SHRA BKN015 PROB30 TEMPO 0702/0706 VRB25G40KT 2000 TSRA BKN010 SCT050CB RMK T 20 20 19 22 Q 1006 1005 1004 1006
Decoded TAF for Avalon Airport (Australia)
TAF issued by YMAV on Thursday 6th of January 2022 at 11:28 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 12 days and 13 hours and 23 minutes ago. A 24 hour weather forecast that is updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday 6th of January 2022 à 12:00 heure TU to Thursday 6th of January 2022 à 17:00 heure UTC
0612/0712 22004KT 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 4 kt = 7 km/h, direction is 220°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
from Thursday 6th of January 2022 à 17:00 heure TU to Friday 7th of January 2022 à 01:00 heure UTC
FM061700 05007KT 9999 SCT020
Wind 7 kt = 13 km/h, direction is 50°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
scattered clouds at 2000 ft = 610 m
from Friday 7th of January 2022 à 01:00 heure TU to Friday 7th of January 2022 à 05:00 heure UTC
FM070100 01010KT 9999 -SHRA NSC
Wind 10 kt = 19 km/h, direction is 10°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
light intensity shower rain
from Friday 7th of January 2022 à 05:00 heure TU to Friday 7th of January 2022 à 11:00 heure UTC
FM070500 18012KT 9999 -SHRA SCT020
Wind 12 kt = 22 km/h, direction is 180°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 2000 ft = 610 m
from Friday 7th of January 2022 à 11:00 heure TU to Friday 7th of January 2022 à 02:00 heure UTC
FM071100 21010KT 9999 -DZ BKN015
Wind 10 kt = 19 km/h, direction is 210°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
light intensity drizzle
broken at 1500 ft = 460 m
from Friday 7th of January 2022 à 02:00 heure TU to Friday 7th of January 2022 à 12:00 heure UTC
INTER 0702/0706 3000 SHRA BKN015
Visibility is 3 km = 2 mile.
shower rain
broken at 1500 ft = 460 m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Friday 7th of January 2022 à 02:00 heure TU to Friday 7th of January 2022 à 06:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 0702/0706 VRB25G40KT 2000 TSRA BKN010 SCT050CB
Wind 25 kt = 46 km/h with gusts at 40 kt = 74 km/h, direction is °
Visibility is 2 km = 1 mile.
thunderstorm rain
broken at 1000 ft = 300 m scattered clouds at 5000 ft = 1520 m
close by
- Nearest hotels
- Hotels in Greater Geelong
- for Lovely Banks airport at 7 mile↑
- for Ceres airport at 14 mile↑
- for Grovedale airport at 14 mile↑
nearest airports to Avalon
- for Lovely Banks airport (YLVB) at 7 mile↑
- for Ceres airport (YCES) at 14 mile↑
- for Grovedale airport (YGRD) at 14 mile↑
- for Geelong airport (YGLG) at 15 mile↑
- for St Leonards Airfield airport (YSLE) at 15 mile↑
- for Barwon Heads airport (YBRS) at 15 mile↑
- for Point Cooke airport (YMPC) at 17 mile↑
- for Torquay airport (YTQY) at 19 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)