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) and NOTAM (Notice To Airman) to prepare a flights.
METAR, TAF, VAC, NOTAM Gibraltar airport (Gibraltar) / ICAO LXGB/ IATA GIB
Located in the city center, the runway at Gibraltar International Airport intersects the main road, whose traffic is then interrupted during takeoffs and landings by security barriers.
This airport is in an unusual configuration. It is part of private or dangerous airports.
Gibraltar airport (Gibraltar) is located close to Gibraltar, Gibraltar at 0 mile↑, Catalan Bay at 1 mile↑, La Linea de la Concepcion at 1 mile↑, Waterport at 1 mile↑, El Campamento at 3 mile↑, Puente Mayorga at 3 mile↑, San Roque at 5 mile↑, Palmones at 5 mile↑, Algeciras at 7 mile↑, Los Barrios at 8 mile↑,
Elevation : 5 m = 16 ft
Runways
- runway 09/27 : 1829 m = 6001 ft
aerial view of Gibraltar
METAR for Gibraltar airport - LXGB
LXGB 112150Z AUTO 07021KT 9999 BKN022/// 20/16 Q1018
Decoded METAR for Gibraltar Airport (Gibraltar)
METAR issued by LXGB on Monday 11th of October 2021 at 21:50 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 5 days and 135 hours and -7152 minutes ago.
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 20 °C = 68 °F and dew point is 16 °C = 61 °F . This correspond to 78% relative humidity.
QNH is 1018 mb = 30.06 inHg
Wind speed is 39 km/h = 21 kt, direction is 70°.
Clouds : broken at 2200 ft = 670 m.
TAF for Gibraltar airport - LXGB
LXGB 111624Z 1118/1123 08015KT 9999 FEW015 PROB40 TEMPO 1118/1123 SCT020 PROB30 1118/1123 7000 HZ
Decoded TAF for Gibraltar Airport (Gibraltar)
TAF issued by LXGB on Monday 11th of October 2021 at 16:24 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 5 days and 21 hours and 14 minutes ago. A 5 hour weather forecast that is updated every 3 hours.
from Monday 11th of October 2021 à 18:00 heure TU to Tuesday 12th of October 2021 à 23:00 heure UTC
1118/1123 08015KT 9999 FEW015
Wind 15 kt = 28 km/h, direction is 80°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
few clouds at 1500 ft = 460 m
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Monday 11th of October 2021 à 18:00 heure TU to Tuesday 12th of October 2021 à 23:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 1118/1123 SCT020
scattered clouds at 2000 ft = 610 m
probability of 30% to have from Monday 11th of October 2021 à 18:00 heure TU to Tuesday 12th of October 2021 à 23:00 heure UTC
PROB30 1118/1123 7000 HZ
Visibility is 7 km = 4 mile.
haze
close by
nearest airports to Gibraltar
- for Sania-Ramel Tetouan airport (GMTN) at 39 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Boukhalf Tanger airport (GMTT) at 43 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Tomás Fernández Espada airport (LETF) at 52 mile↑
- for Jerez airport (LEJR) at 57 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Málaga–Costa del Sol airport (LEMG) at 60 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Rota airport (LERT) at 65 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Sevilla-Moron airport (LEMO) at 72 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for La Axarquia airport (LEAX) at 81 mile↑
Data sources
- NOTAM : ICAO (www.icao.int)
- 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)