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LSMACHFlight category: VFR

Alpnach Air Base (LSMA)

Alpnach441 m

6°CTemperature40° · 5 ktWind6+ miVisibility
METAR / TAF
Temperature
6°C
Dew point
1°C
Wind
40° · 5 kt
Visibility
6+ mi
Altimeter
30.27 inHg
Current conditions
VFR

Wind on the runway

Runway heading
11°
Headwind
4 kt
Headwind
Crosswind
2 kt
From the right

Cloud ceiling profile

Ceiling
3,100 ftOVC
FEW2,600 ft AGL
OVC3,100 ft AGL

METAR

Nov 2, 2026, 2:50 PM (UTC)

Decoded observation

Report type
METAR
issued
Nov 2, 2026, 2:50 PM (UTC)
wind
40° · 5 kt · Wind varying between 340°–100°
visibility
>10 km
clouds
FEW · few clouds · 2,600 ft AGL OVC · overcast · 3,100 ft AGL
temperature
6 °C
dew point
1 °C
altimeter setting
1,025 hPa
flight category
VFR

Remarks and supplementary codes

Supplementary code
BLU

TAF

Nov 2, 2026, 9:25 AM (UTC)

Forecast period 1 · base period

Validity
Nov 2, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC) – Nov 2, 2026, 9:00 PM (UTC)
wind
70° · 8 kt
visibility
>10 km
clouds
OVC · overcast · 3,000 ft AGL

Forecast period 2 · becoming

Validity
Nov 2, 2026, 9:00 PM (UTC) – Nov 3, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC)
wind
70° · 8 kt
visibility
>10 km
clouds
BKN · broken cloud layer · 1,200 ft AGL

Forecast period 3 · becoming

Validity
Nov 3, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC) – Nov 3, 2026, 4:00 PM (UTC)
wind
70° · 8 kt
visibility
>10 km
clouds
BKN · broken cloud layer · 1,800 ft AGL

Terminal forecast

BECMG
Nov 3, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC)
70° · 8 kt
6+ mi · BKN 1800
BECMG
Nov 2, 2026, 9:00 PM (UTC)
70° · 8 kt
6+ mi · BKN 1200
BASE
Nov 2, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC)
70° · 8 kt
6+ mi · OVC 3000

Observation history

UTCCurrent conditionsTemperatureWindVisibility
Nov 2, 2026, 2:50 PM (UTC)VFR6°C5 kt6+ mi

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