METAR & TAF for Fair Isle Airport
Live aviation weather for EGEF, decoded in plain English. Elevation 223ft, runways 06/24.
Fair Isle Airport does not issue its own METAR. The nearest reporting station is Sumburgh Airport (EGPB), 23nm NNE. Threshold reads the nearest licensed field and tells you what it means for your minima at Fair Isle Airport.
METAR EGPB 171050Z 34011KT 9999 BKN015 13/10 Q1020
Observed 28 min ago
Wind
340° (NNW) at 11kt
Visibility
10km or more
Cloud
Broken at 1,500ft
Temperature
13°C / 10°C dew
Humidity
82%
QNH
1020 hPa
TAF EGPB 171057Z 1712/1721 34014KT 9999 SCT015 TEMPO 1712/1713 BKN014 PROB30 TEMPO 1715/1721 BKN014
- Fri 12:00Z to Fri 21:00ZPrevailingVFR
- Wind 340° (NNW) at 14kt
- Visibility 10 km or more
- Cloud: scattered at 1,500ft
- Fri 12:00Z to Fri 13:00ZTemporaryMVFR
- Cloud: broken at 1,400ft
- Fri 15:00Z to Fri 21:00Z30% temporaryMVFR
- Cloud: broken at 1,400ft
Sunrise
03:18Z
Sunset
21:08Z
Daylight
17h 50m
Pressure alt
21 ft
Density alt
-214 ft
Can I fly from Fair Isle 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 Fair Isle Airport (EGEF) issue a METAR?
No. Fair Isle Airport does not issue its own METAR. The nearest reporting station is Sumburgh Airport (EGPB), about 23nm NNE, shown above as the best proxy.
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.