Aeronautical current weather observation and short-term forecast for pilots, flight preparation with the METAR (Meteorological Aerodrome Report : current weather report), and TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast: short-term weather forecast message for aviation). And other resources like VAC (Visual Approach Chart) to prepare a flights.
Aviation weather Qaanaaq airport (Qaanaaq Greenland) / ICAO BGQQ IATA NAQ
This airport is located near the North Pole. It is one of the northernmost airports in the world.
Qaanaaq airport (Greenland) is located close to Qaanaaq, Qaanaaq at 1 mile↑, Dundas at 64 mile↑, Pond Inlet at 363 mile↑, Upernavik at 399 mile↑, Arctic Bay at 412 mile↑, Resolute at 460 mile↑, Clyde River at 485 mile↑, Isachsen at 485 mile↑, Qaarsut at 560 mile↑, Uummannaq at 568 mile↑, Igloolik at 608 mile↑, Hall Beach at 643 mile↑,
Elevation : 16 m = 52 ft
Runways
- runway 17/35 : 900 m = 2953 ft
weather : scattered clouds at Qaanaaq
37 ↗ 41 °F
Wind ↑ 4 mph
Saturday : snow alert with 3 in at Qaanaaq
aerial view of Qaanaaq
METAR for Qaanaaq airport - BGQQ
BGQQ 010120Z AUTO 16004KT 120V200 9999NDV BKN062/// 06/00 Q1016
Decoded METAR for Qaanaaq Airport (Greenland)
METAR issued by BGQQ on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 01:20 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 24 hours and -1437 minutes ago.
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 6 °C = 43 °F and dew point is 0 °C = 32 °F . This correspond to 65% relative humidity.
QNH is 1016 mb = 30 inHg
Wind speed is 7 km/h = 4 kt, direction is 160°.
Clouds : broken at 6200 ft = 1890 m.
TAF for Qaanaaq airport - BGQQ
BGQQ 011500Z 0115/0119 25005KT 9999 FEW002 BKN060
Decoded TAF for Qaanaaq Airport (Greenland)
TAF issued by BGQQ on Friday, July 1, 2022 at 15:00 UTC, issued 10 hours and 23 minutes ago. A 4 hour weather forecast that is updated every 3 hours.
from Friday, July 1, 2022 à 15:00 heure TU to Friday, July 1, 2022 à 19:00 heure UTC
0115/0119 25005KT 9999 FEW002 BKN060
Wind 5 kt = 9 km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
few clouds at 200 ft = 60 m broken at 6000 ft = 1830 m
close by
nearest airports to Qaanaaq
- for Thule airport (BGTL) at 67 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Grise Fiord airport (CYGZ) at 223 mile↑
- for Eureka airport (CYEU) at 280 mile↑
- for Alert airport (CYLT) at 357 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Pond Inlet airport (CYIO) at 365 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Upernavik airport (BGUK) at 399 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Arctic Bay airport (CYAB) at 412 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Resolute airport (CYRB) at 461 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Clyde River airport (CYCY) at 484 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Uummannaq airport (BGUQ) at 559 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Igloolik airport (CYGT) at 609 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Hall Beach airport (CYUX) at 644 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Illulissat airport (BGJN) at 669 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Aaisiaat airport (BGAA) at 686 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Station Nord Landing Strip airport (BGMI) at 688 mile↑
- for Broughton Island airport (CYVM) at 695 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Taloyoak airport (CYYH) at 714 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Pelly Bay Townsite airport (CYBB) at 735 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Danmarkshavn airport (BGDH) at 758 mile↑
- for Mould Bay airport (CYMD) at 767 mile↑
Data sources
- METAR : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- TAF : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- Météo générale : Openweathermap (www.openweathermap.org) et AVWX (avwx.rest)
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA (www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr), Espagne ENAIRE (https://aip.enaire.es)
- Aerial maps : Google Maps (www.google.com), Microsoft Bing (www.microsoft.com) ou OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org)