İstanbul Airport (LTFM) weather — METAR & TAF

Live, decoded aviation weather for İstanbul Airport, Istanbul, Türkiye. The current METAR and TAF forecast below are translated into plain English — wind, visibility, clouds, QNH, temperature and hazards — and refreshed automatically.

ICAO: LTFM
Location: Istanbul, Türkiye
Elevation: 325 ft (99 m)
Coordinates: 41.2749° N, 28.7321° E

LTFM

Issued: Aug 27 / 18:20ZMETAR stale

VFR

Visibility 10+ km | no significant cloud | no significant weather.

Source: AviationWeather.gov (cached) - Fetched 28/08/2026, 16:44:08 Z

NESW361215212430330927

Wind060° / 11 kt

Crosswind5 kt·Headwind10 kt

Visibility10+ km

CloudsNo significant cloud

QNH1016 hPa30.00 inHg

Temp/Dew24 / 19 CSpread 5 C

Pay attention to

No major issues: No major issues detected in current METAR.

Raw METAROriginal report from provider

METAR LTFM 271820Z 06011KT CAVOK 24/19 Q1016 NOSIG

TAF timeline

Issued Aug 27 / 16:40Z

Aug 27Aug 28Aug 29

VFR cloudsWind shiftWind shiftWind shift

ThunderstormShowers

18Z06Z12Z18Z00Z

Forecast periods

CAVOKBase forecast - Aug 27 / 18Z - Aug 29 / 00Z

Base forecastVFR

Wind 020/ 7 kt - Visibility 10+ km

VFR cloudsBecoming - Aug 27 / 19Z - Aug 27 / 22Z

Becoming

Scattered 2500 ft

ShowersBecoming - Aug 28 / 00Z - Aug 28 / 03Z

BecomingMVFRCB/TCU

Light Showers Rain - Few 1800 ft TCU - Broken 2500 ft - Broken 8000 ft

Wind shiftBecoming - Aug 28 / 03Z - Aug 28 / 06Z

Becoming

Wind 350/ 17 kt

Thunderstorm riskTemporary - Aug 28 / 03Z - Aug 28 / 07Z

TemporaryIFRCB/TCUGusty

Wind 350/ 18 kt Gusts 28 kt - Visibility 4 km - Thunderstorm Rain - Few 1800 ft CB - Broken 2200 ft

Wind shiftBecoming - Aug 28 / 07Z - Aug 28 / 10Z

BecomingGusty

Wind 010/ 23 kt Gusts 35 kt

ShowersTemporary - Aug 28 / 07Z - Aug 28 / 11Z

TemporaryIFRCB/TCU

Visibility 4 km - Showers Rain - Few 1800 ft CB - Broken 2200 ft

Wind shiftBecoming - Aug 28 / 18Z - Aug 28 / 21Z

Becoming

Wind 020/ 15 kt

Raw TAF

TAF LTFM 271640Z 2718/2824 02007KT CAVOK 
  BECMG 2719/2722 SCT025 
  BECMG 2800/2803 -SHRA FEW018TCU BKN025 BKN080 
  BECMG 2803/2806 35017KT 
  TEMPO 2803/2807 35018G28KT 4000 TSRA FEW018CB BKN022 
  BECMG 2807/2810 01023G35KT 
  TEMPO 2807/2811 4000 SHRA FEW018CB BKN022 
  BECMG 2818/2821 02015KT

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