Medium Regional Airport • Macaé, RJ, Brazil
Elevation: 8 ft (2 m) • -22.3430, -41.7660
Macaé Benedito Lacerda Airport (SBME / MEA) is a medium regional airport serving Macaé, RJ, Brazil, situated at an elevation of 8 ft (2 m) above sea level. Local magnetic variation is 23.4° West.
FLIGHT CATEGORY
WIND COMPASS
CLOUD PROFILE
METAR SBME 250900Z 22008KT 9999 SCT023 OVC070 20/18 Q1019
TAF SBME 250015Z 2506/2518 31005KT CAVOK TN18/2506Z TX25/2517Z BECMG 2508/2510 18016KT 3000 SHRA BKN010 OVC023 BECMG 2510/2512 02005KT BECMG 2516/2518 21010KT FEW040 RMK PGY
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