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Kirkwall airport in Orkney Islands (United Kingdom)

Kirkwall airport is located near Orkney Islands, with Kirkwall at 3mi↑, Orcades at 4mi↑, Orphir at 8mi↑, Stromness at 14mi↑, Pierowall at 25mi↑, Thurso at 34mi↑,

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Elevation : 15 m = 49ft

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weather : scattered clouds at Kirkwall

nuages épars
43°F
46 ↗ 48°F

wind ↑ 12mph

Wind alert of 56mph at Kirkwall

Friday : Wind alert of 60mph at Kirkwall

Aviation weather for Kirkwall airport EGPA KOI

METAR for Kirkwall airport EGPA KOI

EGPA 282150Z AUTO 32012KT 280V340 9999 SCT020/// BKN029/// 05/03 Q0991

Decoded METAR for Kirkwall airport EGPA KOI

METAR issued by EGPA on Friday, November 28, 2025 at 21:50 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 6 days and 147 hours and -8631 minutes ago.

visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.

The temperature is 5°C = 41°F, dew point is 3°C = 37°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 87 %.

QNH is 991hPa = 29.26inHg

Wind 22km/h = 12kt, direction is 320°.

Clouds : scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m. broken at 2900ft = 880m.

TAF for Kirkwall airport EGPA KOI

EGPA 281957Z 2821/2906 30012KT 9999 SCT030 TEMPO 2821/2903 31015G25KT PROB30 TEMPO 2821/2906 6000 RA SHRA BKN014

Decoded TAF for Kirkwall airport EGPA KOI

TAF issued by EGPA on Friday, November 28, 2025 at 19:57 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 6 days and 5 hours and 2 minutes. weather forecast for 9 hours, weather forecast updated every 3 hours.

from Friday, November 28, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Saturday, November 29, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC

2821/2906 30012KT 9999 SCT030

wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 300°

Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.

scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m

temporarily from Friday, November 28, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Friday, November 28, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC

TEMPO 2821/2903 31015G25KT

wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 310°

probability of 30% to have temporarily from Friday, November 28, 2025 à 21:00 heure TU to Saturday, November 29, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC

PROB30 TEMPO 2821/2906 6000 RA SHRA BKN014

Visibility is 6km = 4mi.

rain

shower rain

broken at 1400ft = 430m

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