METAR & TAF for Kirkwall Airport
Live aviation weather for EGPA, decoded in plain English. Elevation 50ft, runways 09/27, 14/32.
METAR EGPA 191850Z 03017KT 9999 VCSH FEW010 BKN028 12/10 Q1005
Observed 14 min ago
Wind
030° (NNE) at 17kt
Visibility
10km or more
Weather
Showers in the vicinity
Cloud
Few at 1,000ft, Broken at 2,800ft
Temperature
12°C / 10°C dew
Humidity
88%
QNH
1005 hPa
TAF EGPA 191655Z 1918/2003 01014KT 9999 SCT014 PROB30 TEMPO 1918/1923 7000 SHRA BKN014 TEMPO 1923/2003 6000 SHRA BKN012 PROB30 TEMPO 2000/2003 02017G27KT 4000 +SHRA
- Wed 18:00Z to Thu 03:00ZPrevailingVFR
- Wind 010° (N) at 14kt
- Visibility 10 km or more
- Cloud: scattered at 1,400ft
- Wed 18:00Z to Wed 23:00Z30% temporaryMVFR
- Visibility 7 km
- Rain showers
- Cloud: broken at 1,400ft
- Wed 23:00Z to Thu 03:00ZTemporaryMVFR
- Visibility 6 km
- Rain showers
- Cloud: broken at 1,200ft
- Thu 00:00Z to Thu 03:00Z30% temporaryIFR
- Wind 020° (NNE) at 17kt, gusting 27kt
- Visibility 4000 m
- Heavy rain showers
Sunrise
04:40Z
Sunset
19:52Z
Daylight
15h 12m
Pressure alt
298 ft
Density alt
9 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.