METAR & TAF for Sanday Airport
Live aviation weather for EGES, decoded in plain English. Elevation 68ft, runways 03/21, 11/29, 17/35.
Sanday Airport does not issue its own METAR. The nearest reporting station is Kirkwall Airport (EGPA), 20nm SSW. Threshold reads the nearest licensed field and tells you what it means for your minima at Sanday Airport.
METAR EGPA 141050Z 28008KT 250V310 9999 VCSH FEW009 BKN019 15/13 Q1015
Observed 23 min ago
Wind
280° (W) at 8kt
Visibility
10km or more
Weather
Showers in the vicinity
Cloud
Few at 900ft, Broken at 1,900ft
Temperature
15°C / 13°C dew
Humidity
88%
QNH
1015 hPa
TAF EGPA 141055Z 1412/1421 27008KT 9999 SCT016 PROB30 TEMPO 1412/1421 7000 -SHRA BKN012
- Fri 12:00Z to Fri 21:00ZPrevailingVFR
- Wind 270° (W) at 8kt
- Visibility 10 km or more
- Cloud: scattered at 1,600ft
- Fri 12:00Z to Fri 21:00Z30% temporaryMVFR
- Visibility 7 km
- Light rain showers
- Cloud: broken at 1,200ft
Sunrise
04:26Z
Sunset
20:06Z
Daylight
15h 40m
Pressure alt
16 ft
Density alt
20 ft
Can I fly from Sanday 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 Sanday Airport (EGES) issue a METAR?
No. Sanday Airport does not issue its own METAR. The nearest reporting station is Kirkwall Airport (EGPA), about 20nm SSW, 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.