| 1. | RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY |
| The Meteorological Services for Civil Aviation are provided by the
Forecasting Unit of the Department of Water Resources under the Ministry of fisheries and
water Resources. |
| Postal Address: | The Director Meteorological Forecasting Unit Department of Water Resources 7 Marina
Parade Banjul The Gambia |
| Tel.: | 220 – 4472720 / 228216 |
| Fax.: | 220 – 4472720 / 225009 |
| Email: | |
| AFS Address: | GBYDYMYX |
| ICAO Standards, Recommended Practices and Procedures contained in the
following documents are applied, with the exceptions (differences) noted hereunder: |
| Annex 3 | Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation. |
| Doc 7030 | Regional Supplementary Procedures. |
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| 2. | AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY |
| Area meteorological watch is provided for the Banjul CTR on a H24
basis. |
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| 3. | TYPES OF SERVICES PROVIDED |
| Personal briefing and consultation for flight crew members or their
operators local repre-sentative is provided at the Meteorological Office of the Banjul
International Airport. |
| Flight documentation is normally provided for international flights and
comprises a significant weather chart, an upper wind and upper air temperature chart and
the latest available aerodrome forecast for the destination and alternate
aerodromes. |
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| 4. | NOTIFICATION REQUIRED FROM OPERATORS |
| Notification from operators in respect of briefing, flight documentation,
consultation and other meteorological information needed by them is normally required for
all operations. Such notification should be received at least three (3) hours before the
expected time of departure. |
| Unscheduled flights are handled on short notice. |
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| 5. | OBSERVING SYSTEMS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES |
| Surface wind is measured by cup anemometers located at a lateral distance
of 150 m from the runway centerline. Wind indicators are located in the airport
meteorological station and in the air traffic control unit. |
| RVR observations are not normally made because horizontal visibility
rarely falls below 1500m. |
| However, if the RVR falls below 1500m, the visi-bility is determined by
using the distances between runway lights. |
| Cloud heights are normally estimated. If the cloud amount is significant
and the cloud base very low, ceiling balloons are used to ensure accurate cloud base
measurement. |
| Pending the availability of remote sensing equipment, the air temperature
on the aero-drome is measured by thermometers. |
| Station level pressure is measured with a Kew Pattern Barometer. |
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| 6. | AIRCRAFT REPORTS REQUIRED FROM OPERATORS |
| Pursuant to ICAO Annex 3, 5.3.1, the making and transmission of aircraft
reports (AIREP) are required at the time of observation |
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| 7. | SIGMET SERVICE |
| | NIL |
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| 8. | OTHER AUTOMATED MET SERVICES |
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| 9. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AND REPORTS |
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| Name of station//Location indicator | Type &
frequency of observation / automatic observing equipment | Types of MET
reports & Supplementary information included | Observation System
& Site(s) | Hours of
operation | Climatological
information | | | | | | |
Banjul International Airport
GBYD
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Special observation Hourly,
NIL
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METAR
SPECI
QAM
Supplementary NIL
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Cup anemometers adjacent to runway 14/32
touchdown zones
Visibility
and cloud base estimated, balloons are available to measure low cloud base as
required.
| H24 |
1. Mean Maximum and Minimum Temperature
2.Mean Sea Level Pressure
3.Mean Humidity
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