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El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport (FTE/SAWC)

El Calafate204 m

6°CTemperature60° · 4 ktWind6+ miVisibility
METAR / TAF
Temperature
6°C
Dew point
2°C
Wind
60° · 4 kt
Visibility
6+ mi
Altimeter
30.24 inHg
Current conditions
VFR

Wind on the runway

Runway heading
85°
Headwind
4 kt
Headwind
Crosswind
2 kt
From the left

Cloud ceiling profile

No reported cloud layers

METAR

Oct 14, 2026, 6:00 AM (UTC)

Decoded observation

Report type
METAR
issued
Oct 14, 2026, 6:00 AM (UTC)
wind
60° · 4 kt · Wind varying between 20°–80°
visibility
Visibility and cloud ceiling meet CAVOK criteria
temperature
6 °C
dew point
2 °C
altimeter setting
1,024 hPa
flight category
VFR

TAF

Oct 14, 2026, 5:00 AM (UTC)

Forecast period 1 · becoming

Validity
Oct 14, 2026, 9:00 AM (UTC) – Oct 15, 2026, 6:00 AM (UTC)
wind
270° · 10 kt
visibility
6+ mi
clouds
NSC · no significant cloud

Forecast period 2 · base period

Validity
Oct 14, 2026, 6:00 AM (UTC) – Oct 14, 2026, 9:00 AM (UTC)
wind
variable wind · 3 kt
visibility
6+ mi
clouds
NSC · no significant cloud

Terminal forecast

BECMG
Oct 14, 2026, 9:00 AM (UTC)
270° · 10 kt
6+ mi · NSC
BASE
Oct 14, 2026, 6:00 AM (UTC)
VRB° · 3 kt
6+ mi · NSC

Observation history

UTCCurrent conditionsTemperatureWindVisibility
Oct 14, 2026, 6:00 AM (UTC)VFR6°C4 kt6+ mi

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