// Station · 59m ago

BGTL

Pituffik Space Base

CAT MVFR

WIND 120° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 1,600 ft

T/Td -2.5°C / -7.2°C

ALTIM 30.46 inHg

ELEV 251 FT

76.5306°N / 68.7005°W

LOCATION · Pituffik, GL

WIND

120°6 kt

BGTL · 251 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC016

LAYERS

OVC016

T / Td

-2 / -7

ALTIM

30.46"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,600 ft. Light winds at 120°/6 kt, visibility 6+ SM, overcast at 1,600 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR BGTL 270955Z AUTO 12006KT 9999 OVC016 M02/M07 A3046 RMK AO2 SLP298 T10251072 TSNO $

BGTL · day 27 at 09:55 UTC · wind from 120° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · overcast at 1,600 ft · temp -2°C / dewpoint -7°C · altimeter 30.46" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1029.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

120°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

08T★ HDG 080° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,997'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

26T HDG 260° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,251 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 -18°C

-2,500FT

-2,751 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +0 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV251 FT OAT-2°C ISA DELTA-18°C PRESSURE ALT-292 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -2,500 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -2,751 ft above BGTL's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC016

Overcast · base 1,600 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL251 ft VFR MARGIN-1,400 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-5)

// 24h DAYLIGHT — sun does not set at this latitude on this date

—SUNRISE

16:33ZSOLAR NOON

—SUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT10:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH24h

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE— MOONSET— FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of BGTL.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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