// Station · 1d ago · STALE · HARD STALE

BITN

Þórshöfn Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,000 ft

T/Td 9°C / 5°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

WX VCSH BR

ELEV 65 FT

66.2185°N / 15.3347°W

LOCATION · Þórshöfn, IS

WIND

120°10 kt

BITN · 65 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN050

LAYERS

FEW015 BKN050

T / Td

9 / 5

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,000 ft. Moderate winds at 120°/10 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,500 ft, and broken at 5,000 ft. Reported weather: showers in the vicinity and mist (VCSH BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. 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 BITN 241100Z 12010KT 9999 VCSH BR FEW015 BKN050 09/05 Q1010

BITN · day 24 at 11:00 UTC · wind from 120° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · broken layer at 5,000 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 5°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg · weather: showers in the vicinity and mist (VCSH BR)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

120°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

19★ HDG 190° H3 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,937'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T3 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,065 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 -6°C

-500FT

-565 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV65 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT160 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -500 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -565 ft above BITN'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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN050

Broken · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL4,610 ft VFR MARGIN+2,000 ft

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

05:12ZSUNRISE

13:05ZSOLAR NOON

20:57ZSUNSET

22:01ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING4h 39m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:01Z (5h 43m) DAY LENGTH15h 44m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:15Z MOONSET06:59Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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