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.
METAR, TAF, VAC Vopnafjordur airport (Iceland) / ICAO BIVO/ IATA VPN
Vopnafjordur airport (Iceland) is located close to Vopnafjörður, Vopnafjörður at 3 mile↑, Egilsstadir at 34 mile↑, Austurland at 50 mile↑, Reyðarfjörður at 51 mile↑, Neskaupstadur at 52 mile↑, Raufarhöfn at 59 mile↑, Norðurland Eystra at 63 mile↑, Husavik at 74 mile↑, Kaupangur at 90 mile↑, Akureyri at 92 mile↑,
Elevation : 5 m = 16 ft
Runways
- runway 05/23 : 933 m = 3061 ft
weather : overcast at Vopnafjörður
43↗48 °F
Wind ↑ 30 mph
gusting to 46 mph
Wind alert of 46 mph at Vopnafjörður
saturday : Wind alert of 59 mph at Vopnafjörður
aerial view of Vopnafjordur
METAR for Vopnafjordur airport - BIVO
BIVO 061300Z 04011G22KT 350V080 9999 SCT020 SCT040 04/M00 Q0988
Decoded METAR for Vopnafjordur Airport (Iceland)
METAR issued by BIVO on Monday 6th of December 2021 at 13:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 45 days and 1096 hours and -64763 minutes ago.
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 4 °C = 39 °F and dew point is 0 °C = 32 °F . This correspond to 75% relative humidity.
QNH is 988 mb = 29.18 inHg
Wind speed is 20 km/h = 11 kt with gusts at 41 km/h = 22 kt, direction is 40°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 2000 ft = 610 m. scattered clouds at 4000 ft = 1220 m.
TAF for Vopnafjordur airport - BIVO
BIVO 091337Z 0914/0923 08018KT 9999 -RA BKN020 BECMG 0917/0919 12028KT
Decoded TAF for Vopnafjordur Airport (Iceland)
TAF issued by BIVO on Sunday 9th of January 2022 at 13:37 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 11 days and 16 hours and 0 minutes ago. A 9 hour weather forecast that is updated every 3 hours.
from Sunday 9th of January 2022 à 14:00 heure TU to Sunday 9th of January 2022 à 17:00 heure UTC
0914/0923 08018KT 9999 -RA BKN020
Wind 18 kt = 33 km/h, direction is 80°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
light rain
broken at 2000 ft = 610 m
becoming from Sunday 9th of January 2022 à 19:00 heure TU to Monday 10th of January 2022 à 23:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0917/0919 12028KT
Wind 28 kt = 52 km/h, direction is 120°
close by
nearest airports to Vopnafjordur
- for Bakkafjordur airport (BIBK) at 21 mile↑
- for Egilsstadir airport (BIEG) at 33 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Borgarf. Eystri airport (BIBF) at 33 mile↑
- for Thórshöfn (Syðralón) airport (BITN) at 37 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Grímsstaðir airport (BIGS) at 37 mile↑
- for Nordfjordur airport (BINF) at 52 mile↑
- for Herðubreiðarlind airport (BIHE) at 53 mile↑
- for Raufarhofn airport (BIRG) at 56 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)