Solapur Airport (VASL / SSE)

India · elevation 1584 ft AMSL · 17.6280, 75.9348 · Local time: --:--:-- · UTC time: --:--:--

About Solapur Airport

Solapur Airport is an airport with the ICAO code VASL and the IATA code SSE. Country: India. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Solapur. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the VA prefix, which marks airports in India. The four-letter code VASL is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code SSE is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 17°37'41"N, 75°56'05"E, at an elevation of 1,584 ft (483 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Asia/Kolkata.

Satellite view of VASL

Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.

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Runways of VASL

Threshold	Course	Length	Width	Surface
15	150°	2,009 m (6,591 ft)	44 m (145 ft)	asphalt
33	330°	2,009 m (6,591 ft)	44 m (145 ft)	asphalt

The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.

Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.

Runways at VASL

According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Solapur Airport has one runway: 15/33 - 2,009 m long (6,591 ft), 44 m wide, asphalt surface.

Runway headings and wind

The thresholds are oriented as follows: 15/33 on 150° and 330° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.

For the 15/33 axis, wind from the south-west (around 240°) or from the north-east (around 60°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 150° or 330° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.

METAR and TAF for VASL

Weather reports for Solapur Airport are published under the ICAO code VASL. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.

The decoder breaks the VASL report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.

Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for VASL, check the nearby airports listed below.

Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Asia/Kolkata zone stays at GMT+05:30 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.

The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Murod Kond Airport (Latur) (VALT, 104 km), Kalaburagi Airport (VOGB, 115 km), Bidar Airport / Bidar Air Force Station (VOBR, 167 km). When no report is available for VASL, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.

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