METAR & TAF for Svalbard Airport, Longyear
Live aviation weather for ENSB, decoded in plain English. Elevation 88ft, runways 09/27.
METAR ENSB 151520Z 17010KT 150V210 8000 -SHRA FEW020 SCT029 BKN037 06/03 Q0975 RMK WIND 1400FT 20016KT
Observed 34 min ago
Wind
170° (S) at 10kt
Visibility
8km
Weather
Light rain showers
Cloud
Few at 2,000ft, Scattered at 2,900ft, Broken at 3,700ft
Temperature
6°C / 3°C dew
Humidity
81%
QNH
975 hPa
TAF ENSB 151100Z 1512/1612 15009KT 9999 -RA FEW010 BKN020 TEMPO 1512/1520 20015G25KT TEMPO 1512/1612 FEW020CB BECMG 1609/1612 04020KT
- Thu 12:00Z to Fri 09:00ZPrevailingMVFR
- Wind 150° (SSE) at 9kt
- Visibility 10 km or more
- Light rain
- Cloud: few at 1,000ft, broken at 2,000ft
- Thu 12:00Z to Thu 20:00ZTemporaryVFR
- Wind 200° (SSW) at 15kt, gusting 25kt
- Thu 12:00Z to Fri 12:00ZTemporaryVFR
- Cloud: few at 2,000ft
- Fri 09:00Z to Fri 12:00ZBecomingMVFR
- Wind 040° (NE) at 20kt
- Visibility 10 km or more
- Light rain
- Cloud: few at 1,000ft, broken at 2,000ft
Sunrise
07:24Z
Sunset
14:05Z
Daylight
6h 41m
Pressure alt
1,236 ft
Density alt
450 ft
Can I fly from Svalbard Airport, Longyear 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 Svalbard Airport, Longyear (ENSB) issue a METAR?
Yes. Svalbard Airport, Longyear 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.