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 171100Z 35016KT 9999 FEW015 26/20 Q1019

Observed 27 min ago

Wind

350° (N) at 16kt

Visibility

10km or more

Cloud

Few at 1,500ft

Temperature

26°C / 20°C dew

Humidity

70%

QNH

1019 hPa

Live TAF (forecast)Issued 3h 27m ago

TAF GCHI 170800Z 1709/1809 36018KT 9999 SCT016 TX27/1714Z TN23/1806Z
PROB40
TEMPO 1720/1809 BKN014

Fri 09:00Z to Sat 09:00ZPrevailing

VFR

Wind 360° (N) at 18kt
Visibility 10 km or more
Cloud: scattered at 1,600ft

Fri 20:00Z to Sat 09:00Z40% temporary

MVFR

Cloud: broken at 1,400ft

Daylight & performance

Sunrise

06:27Z

Sunset

20:10Z

Daylight

13h 43m

Pressure alt

-69 ft

Density alt

1,235 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.