Does El Hierro Airport (GCHI) have a METAR?

Yes. El Hierro Airport (GCHI) issues its own METAR and TAF, updated through the day.

GCHI · El Hierro Airport

METAR & TAF for El Hierro Airport

Live aviation weather for GCHI, decoded in plain English. Elevation 103ft, runways 16/34.

Live METARVFR conditions

METAR GCHI 281530Z 02015KT 350V060 9999 FEW019 26/18 Q1020

Observed 30 min ago

Wind

020° (NNE) at 15kt

Visibility

10km or more

Cloud

Few at 1,900ft

Temperature

26°C / 18°C dew

Humidity

61%

QNH

1020 hPa

Live TAF (forecast)Issued 2h 0m ago

TAF GCHI 281400Z 2815/2915 02020KT 9999 SCT020 TX26/2914Z TN22/2907Z
TEMPO 2815/2903 02018G28KT

Fri 15:00Z to Sat 15:00ZPrevailing

VFR

Wind 020° (NNE) at 20kt
Visibility 10 km or more
Cloud: scattered at 2,000ft

Fri 15:00Z to Sat 03:00ZTemporary

VFR

Wind 020° (NNE) at 18kt, gusting 28kt

Daylight & performance

Sunrise

06:49Z

Sunset

19:39Z

Daylight

12h 49m

Pressure alt

-99 ft

Density alt

1,197 ft

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Can I fly from El Hierro 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 El Hierro Airport (GCHI) issue a METAR?

Yes. El Hierro 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.