Medium Regional Airport • Sylt, SH, Germany
Elevation: 51 ft (16 m) • 54.9132, 8.3405
Westerland Sylt Airport (EDXW / GWT) is a medium regional airport serving Sylt, SH, Germany, situated at an elevation of 51 ft (16 m) above sea level. Local magnetic variation is 3.7° East.
FLIGHT CATEGORY
WIND COMPASS
CLOUD PROFILE
METAR EDXW 041920Z AUTO 29015KT 9999 // FEW013/// BKN030/// OVC069/// 16/13 Q1017
TAF EDXW 041700Z 0418/0421 29015KT 9999 BKN009 BECMG 0418/0420 BKN015 TEMPO 0420/0421 BKN013
METAR (Meteorological Aerodrome Report) is the standard format for reporting current weather conditions at airports worldwide. Issued every 30–60 minutes, it includes wind direction and speed, visibility, sky condition and cloud heights, temperature, dewpoint, and altimeter setting. Special METARs (SPECI) are issued when conditions change significantly.
TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) provides a weather forecast for the area within 5 nautical miles of an airport, valid for 24–30 hours. Issued every 6 hours by national weather services, TAFs use FM (from), TEMPO (temporary), BECMG (becoming), and PROB (probability) groups to describe changing conditions.
Flight Categories: VFR ceiling >3,000 ft & vis >5 SM MVFR 1,000–3,000 ft or 3–5 SM IFR 500–1,000 ft or 1–3 SM LIFR <500 ft or <1 SM