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Rafael Hernandez Airport, Aguadilla, PR · TJBQ

Current weather at Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, PR (IATA BQN, ICAO TJBQ): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind calm. Below are the latest METAR and TAF from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center, decoded into plain English, and the headwind and crosswind on each runway.

Current conditions (METAR)

VFRObserved at 04:50Z on Oct 28, 9 minutes ago
  • Wind: calm.
  • Visibility: 10 miles or more.
  • Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
  • Clouds: overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft above the ground.
  • Temperature: 26°C (79°F), dew point 24°C (75°F).
  • Altimeter: 30.00 inHg (1016 hPa).
METAR TJBQ 280450Z 00000KT 10SM OVC070 26/24 A3000 RMK LTG DSNT S AND W

Runway winds

The wind is calm: no headwind or crosswind on any runway.

RunwayHeading (true)HeadwindCrosswindLength
08072°––11,702 ft
26252°––11,702 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Oct 27 23:21Z, valid Oct 28 00:00Z to Oct 29 00:00Z

TAF TJBQ 272321Z 2800/2824 VRB03KT P6SM SCT070 FM281300 08006KT P6SM SCT060 FM281700 09010KT P6SM VCTS FEW030CB SCT050 PROB30 2818/2821 4SM -TSRA SCT025CB BKN040 FM282300 VRB04KT P6SM VCSH SCT050 AMD NOT SKED 2802/2811
  1. Oct 28 00:00Z to 13:00Z
    Wind variable at 3 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 7,000 ft.
  2. From Oct 28 13:00Z (until 17:00Z)
    Wind 080° at 6 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 6,000 ft.
  3. From Oct 28 17:00Z (until 23:00Z)
    Wind 090° at 10 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; thunderstorm in the vicinity; few clouds at 3,000 ft (cumulonimbus), scattered clouds at 5,000 ft.
  4. 30% chance, Oct 28 18:00Z to 21:00Z
    Visibility 4 miles; thunderstorm with light rain; scattered clouds at 2,500 ft (cumulonimbus), broken clouds at 4,000 ft.
  5. From Oct 28 23:00Z (until Oct 29 00:00Z)
    Wind variable at 4 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; showers in the vicinity; scattered clouds at 5,000 ft.

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Times are UTC (Z). Weather and runway data come from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov) and are refreshed here every few minutes; the plain-English summaries are generated by cwsi.net and may simplify, so the raw METAR and TAF are authoritative. Runway headings are true, worked out from NOAA's runway alignment. cwsi.net is not affiliated with NOAA or the FAA: get an official weather briefing before flight.