METAR & TAF for Kirkwall Airport
Live aviation weather for EGPA, decoded in plain English. Elevation 50ft, runways 09/27, 14/32.
METAR EGPA 311350Z 20007KT 170V240 9999 SCT009 BKN014 15/14 Q1006
Observed 2 min ago
Wind
200° (SSW) at 7kt
Visibility
10km or more
Cloud
Scattered at 900ft, Broken at 1,400ft
Temperature
15°C / 14°C dew
Humidity
94%
QNH
1006 hPa
TAF EGPA 311100Z 3112/3121 17009KT 9999 SCT010 BECMG 3112/3115 27010KT TEMPO 3112/3117 6000 RA SHRA BKN010 PROB30 TEMPO 3112/3114 BKN008
- Mon 12:00Z to Mon 21:00ZPrevailingVFR
- Wind 170° (S) at 9kt
- Visibility 10 km or more
- Cloud: scattered at 1,000ft
- Mon 12:00Z to Mon 21:00ZBecomingVFR
- Wind 270° (W) at 10kt
- Visibility 10 km or more
- Cloud: scattered at 1,000ft
- Mon 12:00Z to Mon 17:00ZTemporaryMVFR
- Visibility 6 km
- Rain, rain showers
- Cloud: broken at 1,000ft
- Mon 12:00Z to Mon 14:00Z30% temporaryIFR
- Cloud: broken at 800ft
Sunrise
05:07Z
Sunset
19:19Z
Daylight
14h 11m
Pressure alt
268 ft
Density alt
332 ft
Can I fly from Kirkwall Airport today?
Raw weather is only half the answer. Set your own minima once, and Threshold runs this same METAR and TAF against your limits, then pins a verdict to your Lock Screen and flips it the moment conditions move.
Common questions
Does Kirkwall Airport (EGPA) issue a METAR?
Yes. Kirkwall Airport issues its own METAR and TAF, updated through the day. The latest is shown above.
What is a personal minima?
Your own line in the sand: the cloudbase, visibility, wind, crosswind and gust limits you will not fly below. Threshold stores yours and checks live weather against them, so the go/no-go call is yours, made once, not guessed every time.
Where does this weather come from?
Live METAR and TAF from public aviation weather feeds, updated about every 10 minutes. Always confirm against your official pre-flight brief.