METAR & TAF for Reykjavík Domestic Airport
Live aviation weather for BIRK, decoded in plain English. Elevation 48ft, runways 01/19, 13/31.
METAR BIRK 051900Z 13010KT 090V150 9999 SCT020 BKN035 12/08 Q1009
Observed 26 min ago
Wind
130° (SE) at 10kt
Visibility
10km or more
Cloud
Scattered at 2,000ft, Broken at 3,500ft
Temperature
12°C / 8°C dew
Humidity
77%
QNH
1009 hPa
TAF BIRK 051640Z 0518/0618 17010KT 9999 FEW020 BKN025 TX13/0519Z TN10/0607Z PROB40 TEMPO 0518/0601 DZ BKN014 BECMG 0601/0603 10010KT -RADZ BKN014 OVC020 TEMPO 0603/0618 5000 RADZ OVC005
- Wed 18:00Z to Thu 01:00ZPrevailingMVFR
- Wind 170° (S) at 10kt
- Visibility 10 km or more
- Cloud: few at 2,000ft, broken at 2,500ft
- Wed 18:00Z to Thu 01:00Z40% temporaryMVFR
- Drizzle
- Cloud: broken at 1,400ft
- Thu 01:00Z to Thu 18:00ZBecomingMVFR
- Wind 100° (E) at 10kt
- Visibility 10 km or more
- Light rain, light drizzle
- Cloud: broken at 1,400ft, overcast at 2,000ft
- Thu 03:00Z to Thu 18:00ZTemporaryIFR
- Visibility 5 km
- Rain, drizzle
- Cloud: overcast at 500ft
Sunrise
04:48Z
Sunset
22:21Z
Daylight
17h 34m
Pressure alt
176 ft
Density alt
-142 ft
Can I fly from Reykjavík Domestic 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 Reykjavík Domestic Airport (BIRK) issue a METAR?
Yes. Reykjavík Domestic 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.