// Station · 9m ago

BGSF

Kangerlussuaq International Airport

CAT —

WIND 040° / 10 kt

VIS —

CEILING BKN at 8,500 ft

T/Td 8°C / 0°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 165 FT

67.0105°N / 50.7153°W

LOCATION · Kangerlussuaq, GL

WIND

040°10 kt

BGSF · 165 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 05Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/10

VIS

—

CEILING

BKN085

LAYERS

SCT070 BKN085 OVC110

T / Td

8 / 0

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,500 ft. Moderate winds at 040°/10 kt, visibility unreported, scattered at 7,000 ft, broken at 8,500 ft, and overcast at 11,000 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 BGSF 180520Z AUTO 04010KT 9999NDV SCT070/// BKN085/// OVC110/// 08/M00 Q1013

BGSF · day 18 at 05:20 UTC · wind from 040° at 10 kt · scattered layer at 7,000 ft · broken layer at 8,500 ft · overcast at 11,000 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 0°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

040°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

09★ HDG 090° H6 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,219'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

27 HDG 270° T6 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,165 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 -7°C

-600FT

-765 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV165 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA-7°C PRESSURE ALT171 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -600 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -765 ft above BGSF'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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC110

Overcast · base 11,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN085

Broken · base 8,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT070

Scattered · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL4,205 ft VFR MARGIN+5,500 ft

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

07:04ZSUNRISE

15:28ZSOLAR NOON

23:51ZSUNSET

01:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT05:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING18h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS01:09Z (19h 40m) DAY LENGTH16h 47m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION25% MOONRISE11:03Z MOONSET03:51Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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