Libya · elevation 2296 ft AMSL
· 25.1456, 10.1426
Ghat Airport is an airport with the ICAO code HLGT and the IATA code GHT. Country: Libya. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Ghat. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the HL prefix, which marks airports in Libya. The four-letter code HLGT is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code GHT is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 25°08'44"N, 10°08'33"E, at an elevation of 2,296 ft (700 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Africa/Tripoli.
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | 60° | 2,025 m (6,643 ft) | 30 m (98 ft) | asphalt |
| 24 | 240° | |||
| 17 | 170° | 3,600 m (11,811 ft) | 45 m (148 ft) | asphalt |
| 35 | 350° |
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.
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Ghat Airport has 2 runways: 06/24 - 2,025 m long (6,643 ft), 30 m wide, asphalt surface; 17/35 - 3,600 m long (11,811 ft), 45 m wide, asphalt surface.
The longest of them is 17/35, at 3,600 m.
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 06/24 on 60° and 240° magnetic, 17/35 on 170° and 350° 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 06/24 axis, wind from the south-east (around 150°) or from the north-west (around 330°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 60° or 240° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
Weather reports for Ghat Airport are published under the ICAO code HLGT. 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 HLGT 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 HLGT, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Africa/Tripoli zone stays at GMT+02:00 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 Tiska Djanet Airport (DAAJ, 118 km), El Feel Airport (HLFE, 216 km), Illizi Takhamalt Airport (DAAP, 232 km). When no report is available for HLGT, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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