Aeronautical current weather observation and short-term forecast for pilots, flight preparation with the METAR (Meteorological Aerodrome Report : current weather report), and TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast: short-term weather forecast message for aviation). And other resources like VAC (Visual Approach Chart) to prepare a flights.
METAR, TAF, VAC Maputo airport (Mozambique) / ICAO FQMA/ IATA MPM
Maputo airport (Mozambique) is located close to Maputo, Mavalane ”A” at 0 mile↑, Benfica at 2 mile↑, Maputo at 3 mile↑, Cidade de Maputo at 3 mile↑, Matola at 8 mile↑, Mhlume at 46 mile↑, Komatipoort at 51 mile↑, Tshaneni at 53 mile↑, Siteki at 53 mile↑, Mliba at 66 mile↑,
Elevation : 44 m = 144 ft
Runways
- runway 05/23 : 3660 m = 12008 ft
- runway 10/28 : 1700 m = 5577 ft
aerial view of Maputo
METAR for Maputo airport - FQMA
FQMA 121000Z 13005KT 9999 BKN020 30/24 Q1014 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Maputo Airport (Mozambique)
METAR issued by FQMA on Wednesday 12th of January 2022 at 10:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 6 days and 160 hours and -8618 minutes ago.
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 30 °C = 86 °F and dew point is 24 °C = 75 °F . This correspond to 70% relative humidity.
QNH is 1014 mb = 29.94 inHg
Wind speed is 9 km/h = 5 kt, direction is 130°.
Clouds : broken at 2000 ft = 610 m.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Maputo airport - FQMA
FQMA 120400Z 1206/1312 09007KT 9999 BKN020 FEW025TCU TX30/1213Z TN24/1303Z PROB30 TEMPO 1206/1212 5000 TSRA SCT015 BKN015 FEW020CB BECMG 1212/1214 15015KT BECMG 1218/1220 21014KT
Decoded TAF for Maputo Airport (Mozambique)
TAF issued by FQMA on Wednesday 12th of January 2022 at 04:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 6 days and 22 hours and 22 minutes ago. A 30 hour weather forecast that is updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday 12th of January 2022 à 06:00 heure TU to Wednesday 12th of January 2022 à 12:00 heure UTC
1206/1312 09007KT 9999 BKN020 FEW025TCU TX30/1213Z TN24/1303Z
Wind 7 kt = 13 km/h, direction is 90°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
broken at 2000 ft = 610 m few clouds at 2500 ft = 760 m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Wednesday 12th of January 2022 à 06:00 heure TU to Wednesday 12th of January 2022 à 12:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1206/1212 5000 TSRA SCT015 BKN015 FEW020CB
Visibility is 5 km = 3 mile.
thunderstorm rain
broken at 1500 ft = 460 m scattered clouds at 1500 ft = 460 m few clouds at 2000 ft = 610 m
becoming from Wednesday 12th of January 2022 à 14:00 heure TU to Wednesday 12th of January 2022 à 18:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1212/1214 15015KT
Wind 15 kt = 28 km/h, direction is 150°
becoming from Wednesday 12th of January 2022 à 20:00 heure TU to Thursday 13th of January 2022 à 12:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1218/1220 21014KT
Wind 14 kt = 26 km/h, direction is 210°
close by
nearest airports to Maputo
- for Inhaca airport (FQIA) at 23 mile↑
- for Tambankulu airport (FDTM) at 40 mile↑
- for Simunye airport (FDSM) at 44 mile↑
- for Mhlume airport (FDMH) at 48 mile↑
- for Komatipoort airport (FAKP) at 52 mile↑
- for Siteki airport (FDST) at 53 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for King Mswati III International airport (FDSK) at 61 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Bilene airport (FQBI) at 61 mile↑
Data sources
- METAR : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- TAF : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- Météo générale : Openweathermap (www.openweathermap.org) et AVWX (avwx.rest)
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA (www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr), Espagne ENAIRE (https://aip.enaire.es)
- Aerial maps : Google Maps (www.google.com), Microsoft Bing (www.microsoft.com) ou OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org)