Medium Regional Airport • Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Elevation: 11 ft (3 m) • -22.9105, -43.1631
Santos Dumont Airport (SBRJ / SDU) is a medium regional airport serving Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, situated at an elevation of 11 ft (3 m) above sea level. Local magnetic variation is 23.0° West.
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CLOUD PROFILE
METAR SBRJ 250900Z 21004KT 6000 FEW005 BKN010 OVC030 19/18 Q1020
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