METAR & TAF for Tenerife Sur Airport
Live aviation weather for GCTS, decoded in plain English. Elevation 209ft, runways 07/25.
METAR GCTS 171100Z 07024KT CAVOK 32/16 Q1018 WS R07 NOSIG
Observed 31 min ago
Wind
070° (ENE) at 24kt
Visibility
CAVOK
Temperature
32°C / 16°C dew
Humidity
38%
QNH
1018 hPa
TAF GCTS 170800Z 1709/1809 08018KT 9999 FEW020 TX30/1714Z TN22/1806Z PROB30 TEMPO 1709/1711 06008KT PROB30 TEMPO 1710/1718 08020G30KT TEMPO 1721/1809 04008KT
- Fri 09:00Z to Sat 09:00ZPrevailingVFR
- Wind 080° (E) at 18kt
- Visibility 10 km or more
- Cloud: few at 2,000ft
- Fri 09:00Z to Fri 11:00Z30% temporaryVFR
- Wind 060° (ENE) at 8kt
- Fri 10:00Z to Fri 18:00Z30% temporaryVFR
- Wind 080° (E) at 20kt, gusting 30kt
- Fri 21:00Z to Sat 09:00ZTemporaryVFR
- Wind 040° (NE) at 8kt
Sunrise
06:21Z
Sunset
20:05Z
Daylight
13h 44m
Pressure alt
67 ft
Density alt
2,123 ft
Common questions
Does Tenerife Sur Airport (GCTS) issue a METAR?
Yes. Tenerife Sur 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.