// Station · 36m ago

BGJN

Ilulissat Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 10°C / -1°C

ALTIM 30.06 inHg

ELEV 95 FT

69.2432°N / 51.0571°W

LOCATION · Ilulissat, GL

WIND

270°5 kt

BGJN · 95 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW230

T / Td

10 / -1

ALTIM

30.06"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 270°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 23,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR BGJN 251950Z 27005KT 240V300 9999 FEW230 10/M01 Q1018

BGJN · day 25 at 19:50 UTC · wind from 270° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 23,000 ft · temp 10°C / dewpoint -1°C · altimeter 30.06" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

270°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

24★ HDG 240° H4 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 2,772'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06 HDG 060° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,095 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA -5°C

-700FT

-795 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV95 FT OAT+10°C ISA DELTA-5°C PRESSURE ALT-47 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -795 ft above BGJN's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW230

Few · base 23,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER23,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL5,146 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-3)

07:16ZSUNRISE

15:27ZSOLAR NOON

23:39ZSUNSET

01:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 12m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:01Z (4h 34m) DAY LENGTH16h 23m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE17:27Z MOONSET09:50Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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