Medium Regional Airport • Bluefields, AS, NI
Elevation: 20 ft (6 m) • 11.9910, -83.7741
Bluefields Airport (MNBL / BEF) is a medium regional airport serving Bluefields, AS, NI, situated at an elevation of 20 ft (6 m) above sea level. Local magnetic variation is 3.4° West.
FLIGHT CATEGORY
WIND COMPASS
CLOUD PROFILE
METAR MNBL 222300Z 07004KT 4000 DZ SCT016CB SCT070 27/25 Q1012 CB/S/SW/W/NW
TAF MNBL 222133Z 2300/2324 06010G20KT 4000 TSRA/RA SCT016CB SCT070 TEMPO 2305/2310 05008KT 5000 DZ/TSRA SCT017CB BKN070
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