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 Arequipa airport (Peru) / ICAO SPQU/ IATA AQP
Arequipa airport (Peru) is located close to Arequipa, Los Blancos at 1 mile↑, Arequipa at 5 mile↑, Yura at 9 mile↑, Socabaya at 10 mile↑, Pucara at 26 mile↑, Lluta at 36 mile↑, Huarancante at 40 mile↑, Jatun Orcochiri at 44 mile↑, Vizcachane at 45 mile↑, Chivay at 49 mile↑,
Elevation : 2562 m = 8406 ft
Runways
- runway 09/27 : 2980 m = 9777 ft
aerial view of Arequipa
METAR for Arequipa airport - SPQU
SPQU 201400Z 16006KT 110V210 CAVOK 20/06 Q1026 NOSIG RMK PP000
Decoded METAR for Arequipa Airport (Peru)
METAR issued by SPQU on Thursday 20th of January 2022 at 14:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 4 days and 96 hours and -5711 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 20 °C = 68 °F and dew point is 6 °C = 43 °F . This correspond to 40% relative humidity.
QNH is 1026 mb = 30.3 inHg
Wind speed is 11 km/h = 6 kt, direction is 160°.
Sky clear
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours remarks : PP000
TAF for Arequipa airport - SPQU
SPQU 201118Z 2012/2112 24005KT CAVOK TX22/2018Z TN11/2110Z FM201700 25012KT 9999 SCT025 SCT060 FM210100 06005KT 9999 FEW040 SCT120
Decoded TAF for Arequipa Airport (Peru)
TAF issued by SPQU on Thursday 20th of January 2022 at 11:18 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 4 days and 3 hours and 31 minutes ago. A 24 hour weather forecast that is updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday 20th of January 2022 à 12:00 heure TU to Thursday 20th of January 2022 à 17:00 heure UTC
2012/2112 24005KT CAVOK TX22/2018Z TN11/2110Z
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
Wind 5 kt = 9 km/h, direction is 240°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
from Thursday 20th of January 2022 à 17:00 heure TU to Friday 21st of January 2022 à 01:00 heure UTC
FM201700 25012KT 9999 SCT025 SCT060
Wind 12 kt = 22 km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
scattered clouds at 2500 ft = 760 m scattered clouds at 6000 ft = 1830 m
from Friday 21st of January 2022 à 01:00 heure TU to Friday 21st of January 2022 à 12:00 heure UTC
FM210100 06005KT 9999 FEW040 SCT120
Wind 5 kt = 9 km/h, direction is 60°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
few clouds at 4000 ft = 1220 m scattered clouds at 12000 ft = 3660 m
close by
nearest airports to Arequipa
- for Vitor airport (SPVR) at 18 mile↑
- for Mariano Melgar airport (SPLC) at 37 mile↑
- for Siguas airport (SPSI) at 39 mile↑
- for Mollendo airport (SPDO) at 55 mile↑
- for Moquegua airport (SPEQ) at 72 mile↑
- for Camana airport (SPAM) at 76 mile↑
- for Orcopampa airport (SPOR) at 87 mile↑
- for Toquepala airport (SPTQ) at 90 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)