How to Read a METAR – Our Full Guide to Aviation Weather Reports
Pilot Institute
MARCH 19, 2025
The wind is from the south at 8 knots. The KT indicates that the scale used is knots (an abbreviated term for nautical miles per hour ). For example, if we were to write this METAR in plain English, it would sound something like this: The weather is taken from Boston at 1730 Zulu time on the 08th of the month.
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