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Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia (NKW/FJDG)

Diego Garcia3 m

29.4°CTemperature150° · 7 ktWind6+ miVisibility
METAR / TAF
Temperature
29.4°C
Dew point
25.6°C
Wind
150° · 7 kt
Visibility
6+ mi
Altimeter
29.9 inHg
Current conditions
VFR

Wind on the runway

Runway heading
122°
Headwind
6 kt
Headwind
Crosswind
3 kt
From the right

Cloud ceiling profile

Ceiling
8,000 ftBKN
FEW1,700 ft AGL
SCT4,500 ft AGL
BKN8,000 ft AGL

METAR

Oct 14, 2026, 4:55 AM (UTC)

Decoded observation

Report type
METAR
issued
Oct 14, 2026, 4:55 AM (UTC)
wind
150° · 7 kt
visibility
>10 km
clouds
FEW · few clouds · 1,700 ft AGL SCT · scattered clouds · 4,500 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 8,000 ft AGL
temperature
29 °C
dew point
26 °C
altimeter setting
29.9 inHg
Sea-level pressure
1,012.5 hPa
flight category
VFR

Remarks and supplementary codes

Supplementary code
SLP125
Supplementary code
ALSTG/SLP ESTMD
Supplementary code
T02940256

TAF

Oct 14, 2026, 1:00 AM (UTC)

Forecast period 1 · base period

Validity
Oct 14, 2026, 1:00 AM (UTC) – Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC)
wind
120° · 15 kt · gusting to 25 kt
visibility
>10 km
clouds
FEW · few clouds · 2,000 ft AGL SCT · scattered clouds · 4,000 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 10,000 ft AGL

Forecast period 2 · becoming

Validity
Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC) – Oct 15, 2026, 7:00 AM (UTC)
wind
120° · 12 kt · gusting to 18 kt
visibility
>10 km
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 2,000 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 6,000 ft AGL

Forecast period 3 · temporary conditions

Validity
Oct 14, 2026, 4:00 PM (UTC) – Oct 14, 2026, 10:00 PM (UTC)
visibility
8 km
weather
light · showers · rain
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 2,000 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 4,000 ft AGL OVC · overcast · 7,000 ft AGL

Terminal forecast

TEMPO
Oct 14, 2026, 4:00 PM (UTC)
VRB° · — kt
4.97 mi · -SHRA
BECMG
Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC)
120° · 12 kt
6+ mi · SCT 2000 · BKN 6000
BASE
Oct 14, 2026, 1:00 AM (UTC)
120° · 15 kt
6+ mi · FEW 2000 · SCT 4000 · BKN 10000

Observation history

UTCCurrent conditionsTemperatureWindVisibility
Oct 14, 2026, 4:55 AM (UTC)VFR29.4°C7 kt6+ mi

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