Lakeba Island Airport

NFNK · Eastern, Fiji

Climate Lakeba Island Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lifuka Island Airport (NFTL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.5 99 96 94 94 97
February 92.8 100 93 95 94 95
March 92.4 89 97 87 100 94
April 91.8 98 97 95 90
May 94.0 97 99 97 99
June 94.0 100 98 99 92
July 93.3 94 93 97 95
August 94.0 97 96 98 98
September 91.4 99 98 96 95
October 93.0 99 95 99 91
November 93.8 95 95 98 97
December 91.3 97 94 100 86
Average 93.1 96.0 96.9 95.1 97.2 94.0

1st best VFR conditions of Tonga

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.9 100 99 100 100 100
February 99.1 100 99 99 100 98
March 99.2 98 99 99 100 100
April 99.8 99 100 100 100
May 99.7 99 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.6 99 100 100 100
September 99.6 100 99 99 99
October 99.4 99 99 99 99
November 99.2 100 99 98 100
December 99.4 100 97 100 100
Average 99.5 99.1 99.5 99.3 99.7 99.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 29.4 30 30 29 29 29
February 29.3 30 29 29 29 29
March 29.3 29 29 30 29 30
April 28.7 29 29 29 28
May 27.4 28 28 28 28
June 26.6 26 28 26 27
July 26.0 25 27 27 27
August 25.7 25 27 25 27
September 26.4 27 28 27 26
October 26.9 26 27 27 27
November 27.9 28 28 28 28
December 28.8 30 29 29 28
Average 27.9 29.7 27.6 28.2 27.7 27.8

2nd highest temperature of Tonga

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 25.3 26 25 26 25 25
February 25.5 26 25 25 25 26
March 25.1 25 26 24 25 26
April 24.7 25 25 24 24
May 23.8 23 24 24 24
June 22.9 21 24 22 24
July 22.3 21 23 23 23
August 22.0 22 23 21 23
September 21.9 23 23 23 19
October 22.9 23 23 23 22
November 23.7 25 25 24 24
December 24.5 25 25 25 25
Average 24.0 25.8 23.5 24.1 23.6 23.6

3rd lowest temperature of Tonga

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.6 12 5 11 10 4
February 8.6 6 16 7 8 6
March 8.6 25 7 13 3 5
April 5.2 6 4 4 11
May 5.1 6 1 7 3
June 5.5 8 0 7 7
July 6.7 14 1 5 2
August 7.2 16 3 8 2
September 4.4 3 3 7 4
October 4.4 4 7 1 7
November 5.8 9 5 3 3
December 7.0 5 6 4 8
Average 7.1 14.2 8.0 4.7 5.5 5.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.0 9 5 8 6 7
February 8.2 10 8 8 7 9
March 6.6 9 7 5 5 7
April 7.9 10 7 5 9
May 8.7 8 8 11 5
June 8.1 7 9 7 10
July 9.4 9 13 9 11
August 9.0 11 10 9 9
September 9.4 13 10 9 10
October 10.0 12 9 11 13
November 8.1 10 8 8 10
December 9.1 12 7 8 14
Average 8.5 9.2 9.3 8.4 7.8 9.5

2nd highest wind speed of Tonga

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 083° 020° 009° 009° 098°
February 098° 349° 057° 054° 097°
March 076° 100° 321° 085° 096°
April 092° 085° 107° 087°
May 087° 104° 100° 094°
June 126° 097° 103° 097°
July 122° 093° 094° 103°
August 109° 089° 118° 088°
September 099° 088° 095° 096°
October 106° 082° 093° 097°
November 086° 082° 092° 096°
December 099° 058° 085° 051°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.