// Station · 17m ago

BIAR

Akureyri International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 12 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 17°C / 6°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 6 FT

65.6566°N / 18.0720°W

LOCATION · Akureyri, IS

WIND

170°12 kt

BIAR · 6 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/12

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW045

T / Td

17 / 6

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 170°/12 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 4,500 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 BIAR 251600Z 17012KT 9999 FEW045 17/06 Q1012

BIAR · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 170° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,500 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 12 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

170°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

19★ HDG 190° H11 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,858'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T11 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,006 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 +2°C

300FT

+294 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT42 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at BIGR (Grímsey Airport, Grímsey/Sandvík, elev 66 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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)

FEW045

Few · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL8,592 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-1)

05:27ZSUNRISE

13:15ZSOLAR NOON

21:04ZSUNSET

22:07ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 47m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:07Z (5h 50m) DAY LENGTH15h 37m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:29Z MOONSET07:07Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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