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TPE Weather: METAR, TAF and Runway Winds

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei, Taiwan · RCTP

Current weather at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan (IATA TPE, ICAO RCTP): the latest observation puts the airport in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions, wind 060° at 18 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, 22 minutes ago
  • Wind: from the east-northeast (060° true) at 18 knots.
  • Visibility: 6 miles or more.
  • Weather: no rain, snow, fog or other weather reported.
  • Clouds: few clouds at 1,200 ft, broken clouds at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,000 ft above the ground.
  • Temperature: 23°C (73°F), dew point 18°C (64°F).
  • Altimeter: 30.18 inHg (1022 hPa).
METAR RCTP 272200Z 06018KT 9999 FEW012 BKN040 23/18 Q1022 NOSIG RMK A3019

Runway winds

Components for the current wind, 060° at 18 kt. Headings are true, as METAR winds are; the most-headwind runway ends are marked.

RunwayHeading (true)HeadwindCrosswindLength
05L Most headwind054°18 kt2 kt from the right12,008 ft
23R234°Tailwind 18 kt2 kt from the left12,008 ft
05R Most headwind054°18 kt2 kt from the right10,991 ft
23L234°Tailwind 18 kt2 kt from the left10,991 ft

Forecast (TAF)

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

TAF RCTP 271700Z 2718/2824 07012KT 9999 FEW012 BKN032 TEMPO 2718/2724 5000 -RA FEW010 BKN017 TEMPO 2800/2806 04020KT TEMPO 2806/2812 06017KT
  1. Oct 27 18:00Z to Oct 29 00:00Z
    Wind 070° at 12 kt; visibility 6 miles or more; few clouds at 1,200 ft, broken clouds at 3,200 ft.
  2. Temporarily, Oct 27 18:00Z to Oct 28 00:00Z
    Visibility about 3.1 miles; light rain; few clouds at 1,000 ft, broken clouds at 1,700 ft.
  3. Temporarily, Oct 28 00:00Z to 06:00Z
    Wind 040° at 20 kt.
  4. Temporarily, Oct 28 06:00Z to 12:00Z
    Wind 060° at 17 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.