Medium Regional Airport • Puerto Cabezas, AN, NI
Elevation: 52 ft (16 m) • 14.0472, -83.3867
Puerto Cabezas Airport (MNPC / PUZ) is a medium regional airport serving Puerto Cabezas, AN, NI, situated at an elevation of 52 ft (16 m) above sea level. Local magnetic variation is 3.9° West.
FLIGHT CATEGORY
WIND COMPASS
CLOUD PROFILE
METAR MNPC 222100Z 08008KT 7000 SCT016 SCT300 30/27 Q1010 HZ
TAF MNPC 222133Z 2300/2324 09010KT 7000 HZ/VCRA SCT016 TEMPO 2301/2307 07008KT 6000 VCRA/-RA BKN016TCU
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