Europe Aviation Weather Report for Karpathos Airport (LGKP/AOK)

Decoded TAF & METAR reports Decoded for Karpathos Airport at 03:20 UTC on the 10th

Runways Available 12, 30


Below are the latest METAR & TAF reports for Karpathos Airport, as well as details for the nearest alternates.

The warning and threat levels in the METAR and TAF reports are currently being displayed for an airliner operating as a multi crew, CAT2/3 capable IFR flight, if you wish to change these thresholds to be more suitable for general aviation aircraft operating single crew VFR then use this drop down to select general aviation

METAR data is updated on the hour and half hour, TAF data is updated every few hours inline with its publication schedule.



Weather Decoded for Karpathos Airport at 03:20 UTC on the 10th

The follow is the current weather decoded from the most recently published METAR.


dawn sun  
Almanac for daylight hours at Karpathos Airport, all times in UTC.


Dawn Twilight04:36
Sunrise05:01
Sunset15:49
Evening Twilight        16:14
Wind

Direction: South Westerly

Magnetic: 240°

Speed: 10kts (15mph)

compass windsock
Visibility

Horizontal Visibility: meters

Clouds

No cloud reported

Weather Phenomena

No precipitation detected

Temperature

Temperature: 15°

Dewpoint: 10°

Pressure

QNH: 1006

RAW METAR and TAF data for Karpathos Airport with threats highlighted based on your type of flight operation above.

METAR
METAR LGKP 100320Z AUTO 24010KT //// // ////// 15/10 Q1006
METAR LGKP 100250Z AUTO 23010KT //// // ////// 15/10 Q1006
METAR LGKP 100220Z AUTO 26008KT //// // ////// 14/09 Q1006
METAR LGKP 100150Z AUTO 28009KT //// // ////// 14/09 Q1006
runway
30
windsock
Runway 30
Headwind Crosswind
5 kts 9 kts

Wind favours runway 30 with a crosswind of 9 kts and a headwind of 5 kts


TAF
LGKP 100200Z 1003/1012 24015KT 9999 FEW015 SCT020
PROB30 TEMPO 1003/1012 5000 RA FEW012 BKN020
PROB30 TEMPO 1003/1006 3000 TSRA FEW018CB BKN020

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Both the latest METAR and TAF are decoded into plain text with hour by hour synopsis in the expanded decoded weather tab.
The nearest 4 alternate airport's weather is also avaiable via the Alternates tab.

The following is the forecast presented in hour segments from the most recently published TAF above.

Notes for using the following -
1) BECMG (becoming) assumes the change will occur at the end of the period listed, e.g. BECMG xx10/xx12, the new conditions will be present from 12 noon.
2) PROB30 are listed as Low Probability Temporary Conditions with PROB40 being listed as High Probability Temporary Conditions.
3) TEMPO are listed as Temporary Conditions, these conditions will be present for 50% of the time period.
4) All times are in UTC (zulu).

Forecast for period 03:00-04:00 on the 10th

Wind
240/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 1500ft
Scattered at 2000ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
3000 Meters
Cloud
Few at 1800ft Cumulonimbus
Broken at 2000ft
Weather
Thunder Storms Rain
Forecast for period 04:00-05:00 on the 10th

Wind
240/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 1500ft
Scattered at 2000ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
3000 Meters
Cloud
Few at 1800ft Cumulonimbus
Broken at 2000ft
Weather
Thunder Storms Rain
Forecast for period 05:00-06:00 on the 10th

Wind
240/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 1500ft
Scattered at 2000ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
3000 Meters
Cloud
Few at 1800ft Cumulonimbus
Broken at 2000ft
Weather
Thunder Storms Rain
Forecast for period 06:00-07:00 on the 10th

Wind
240/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 1500ft
Scattered at 2000ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
5000 Meters
Cloud
Few at 1200ft
Broken at 2000ft
Weather
Rain
Forecast for period 07:00-08:00 on the 10th

Wind
240/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 1500ft
Scattered at 2000ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
5000 Meters
Cloud
Few at 1200ft
Broken at 2000ft
Weather
Rain
Forecast for period 08:00-09:00 on the 10th

Wind
240/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 1500ft
Scattered at 2000ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
5000 Meters
Cloud
Few at 1200ft
Broken at 2000ft
Weather
Rain
Forecast for period 09:00-10:00 on the 10th

Wind
240/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 1500ft
Scattered at 2000ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
5000 Meters
Cloud
Few at 1200ft
Broken at 2000ft
Weather
Rain
Forecast for period 10:00-11:00 on the 10th

Wind
240/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 1500ft
Scattered at 2000ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
5000 Meters
Cloud
Few at 1200ft
Broken at 2000ft
Weather
Rain
Forecast for period 11:00-12:00 on the 10th

Wind
240/15Kts
Visiblity
Greater than 10km
Cloud
Few at 1500ft
Scattered at 2000ft

Low Probability Temporary Conditions
Visiblity
5000 Meters
Cloud
Few at 1200ft
Broken at 2000ft
Weather
Rain

* Although every effort has been made to confirm the accuracy of these decode, the raw metar and TAF from above must be used for flight planning purposes.
** These decode are designed for civilian airports only, military decodes will most likely contain omissions or errors.

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Below are the nearest 4 airports (potentially including general aviation or airports with runways shorter than 1600M, as well as military airports) from our database that may also be useful for your planning purposes, sorted in distance from Karpathos Airport.




Rodos Airport (LGRP/RHO)
Runways Available 06, 24
Distance 86 Nautical Miles

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runway variable wind
Wind Variable (max)
Headwind Crosswind
~2 kts ~2 kts



Kos Airport (LGKO/KGS)
Runways Available 14, 32
Distance 95 Nautical Miles

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runway
14
windsock
Runway 14
Headwind Crosswind
3 kts 1 kts



Heraklion Airport (LGIR/HER)
Runways Available 09, 27
Distance 111 Nautical Miles

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runway
27
windsock
Runway 27
Headwind Crosswind
0 kts 4 kts



Santorini Airport (LGSR/JTR)
Runways Available 15, 33
Distance 115 Nautical Miles

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runway
15
windsock
Runway 15
Headwind Crosswind
3 kts 16 kts


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