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SAN Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

San Diego International Airport, San Diego, CA · KSAN

Current weather at San Diego International Airport in San Diego, CA (IATA SAN, ICAO KSAN): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind 290° at 7 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.

Current conditions (METAR)

VFRObserved at 21:51Z on Oct 27, 31 minutes ago
  • Wind: from the west-northwest (290° true) at 7 knots.
  • Visibility: 10 miles or more.
  • Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
  • Clouds: few clouds at 2,500 ft; no ceiling.
  • Temperature: 23°C (73°F), dew point 15°C (59°F).
  • Altimeter: 29.97 inHg (1015 hPa).
METAR KSAN 272151Z 29007KT 10SM FEW025 23/15 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02280150 $

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 290° at 7 kt. Headings are true, as METAR winds are; the most-headwind runway ends are marked.

RunwayHeading (true)HeadwindCrosswindLength
09106°Tailwind 7 kt0 kt9,401 ft
27 Most headwind286°7 kt0 kt9,401 ft

Forecast (TAF)

Issued Oct 27 21:45Z, valid Oct 27 22:00Z to Oct 29 00:00Z

TAF KSAN 272145Z 2722/2824 28010KT P6SM SKC FM280300 VRB03KT P6SM SCT020 SCT200 TEMPO 2810/2814 BKN018 FM281900 28010KT P6SM BKN200
  1. Oct 27 22:00Z to Oct 28 03:00Z
    Wind 280° at 10 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; clear skies.
  2. From Oct 28 03:00Z (until 19:00Z)
    Wind variable at 3 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; scattered clouds at 2,000 ft, scattered clouds at 20,000 ft.
  3. Temporarily, Oct 28 10:00Z to 14:00Z
    Broken clouds at 1,800 ft.
  4. From Oct 28 19:00Z (until Oct 29 00:00Z)
    Wind 280° at 10 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; broken clouds at 20,000 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.

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