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PTY Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

Tocumen International Airport, Panama City, Panama · MPTO

Current weather at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Panama (IATA PTY, ICAO MPTO): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind 290° at 9 kt. 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.

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Current conditions (METAR)

VFRObserved at 22:00Z on Oct 27, 21 minutes ago
  • Wind: from the west-northwest (290° true) at 9 knots.
  • Visibility: 6 miles or more.
  • Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
  • Clouds: scattered clouds at 1,800 ft, broken clouds at 9,000 ft; the ceiling is 9,000 ft above the ground.
  • Temperature: 28°C (82°F), dew point 23°C (73°F).
  • Altimeter: 29.85 inHg (1011 hPa).
METAR MPTO 272200Z 29009KT 260V330 9999 SCT018 BKN090 28/23 Q1011 NOSIG

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 290° at 9 kt. Headings are true, as METAR winds are; the most-headwind runway ends are marked.

RunwayHeading (true)HeadwindCrosswindLength
03R033°Tailwind 2 kt9 kt from the left10,007 ft
21L213°2 kt9 kt from the right10,007 ft
03L035°Tailwind 2 kt9 kt from the left8,799 ft
21R Most headwind215°2 kt9 kt from the right8,799 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Oct 27 17:30Z, valid Oct 27 18:00Z to Oct 29 00:00Z

TAF MPTO 271730Z 2718/2824 27008KT 9999 SCT018 PROB40 2718/2722 19012KT 6000 TSRA SCT016CB BKN080 TEMPO 2803/2807 VRB02KT TEMPO 2810/2814 VRB02KT PROB30 2817/2821N21008KT 6000 TSRA SCT015CB BKN090
  1. Oct 27 18:00Z to Oct 29 00:00Z
    Wind 270° at 8 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 1,800 ft.
  2. 30% chance, Oct 27 18:00Z to Oct 29 00:00Z
    Wind 210° at 8 kt; visibility about 3.7 miles; thunderstorm with rain; scattered clouds at 1,500 ft (cumulonimbus), broken clouds at 9,000 ft.
  3. 40% chance, Oct 27 18:00Z to 22:00Z
    Wind 190° at 12 kt; visibility about 3.7 miles; thunderstorm with rain; scattered clouds at 1,600 ft (cumulonimbus), broken clouds at 8,000 ft.
  4. Temporarily, Oct 28 03:00Z to 07:00Z
    Wind variable at 2 kt.
  5. Temporarily, Oct 28 10:00Z to 14:00Z
    Wind variable at 2 kt.

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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.