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Refer to the following METAR:

LFPG 161250Z 27015KT 9999 SCT016 OVC024 M09/M12 Q1006 NOSIG

What is correct about the wind?

  • A

    270°(M) / 15 km/h

  • B
    270°(T) / 15 km/h
  • C

    270°(M) / 15 kt

  • D
    270°(T) / 15 kt

The general rule is: If you read it, it's true. If you hear it, it's magnetic. All charts and textual sources (METAR, TAF, winds aloft, surface analysis charts, etc) use true north as the reference. A wind report passed to the pilot by the aircraft or in the ATIS report is referenced to the Magnetic North.

Conclusion: In a METAR, wind is reported in degrees true and metres per second (or knots), respectively.

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