// Station · 2h 11m ago · STALE

BGTL

Pituffik Space Base

CAT VFR

WIND 060° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 8,500 ft

T/Td -6.3°C / -13.7°C

ALTIM 29.39 inHg

ELEV 251 FT

76.5306°N / 68.7005°W

LOCATION · Pituffik, GL

WIND

060°10 kt

BGTL · 251 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC085

LAYERS

OVC085

T / Td

-6 / -14

ALTIM

29.39"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,500 ft. Moderate winds at 060°/10 kt, visibility 6+ SM, overcast at 8,500 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 BGTL 122255Z AUTO 06010KT 9999 OVC085 M06/M14 A2939 RMK AO2 SLP936 T10631137 TSNO $

BGTL · day 12 at 22:55 UTC · wind from 060° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · overcast at 8,500 ft · temp -6°C / dewpoint -14°C · altimeter 29.39" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 993.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

060°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

08T★ HDG 080° H9 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,997'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

26T HDG 260° T9 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

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 -20°C

-1,600FT

-1,851 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV251 FT OAT-6°C ISA DELTA-20°C PRESSURE ALT780 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -1,600 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -1,851 ft above BGTL'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)

OVC085

Overcast · base 8,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL251 ft VFR MARGIN+5,500 ft

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

12:17ZSUNRISE

16:22ZSOLAR NOON

20:27ZSUNSET

22:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:01Z (past) DAY LENGTH8h 10m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE13:38Z MOONSET21:48Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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