Medium Regional Airport • Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Elevation: 11 ft (3 m) • -29.9947, -51.1666
Salgado Filho International Airport (SBPA / POA) is a medium regional airport serving Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, situated at an elevation of 11 ft (3 m) above sea level. Local magnetic variation is 17.7° West.
FLIGHT CATEGORY
WIND COMPASS
CLOUD PROFILE
METAR SBPA 011100Z 23004KT 3500 -DZ BR BKN006 OVC016 17/17 Q1012
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