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METAR, TAF, VAC, NOTAM Svalbard Longyear airport (Norway) / ICAO ENSB/ IATA LYR
Longyearbyen Airport is a Norwegian airport, located in the Svalbard archipelago, on the island of Spitsbergen, 3 km northwest of the city of Longyearbyen. It is the most northerly scheduled airport in the world.
This airport is located near the North Pole. It is one of the northernmost airports in the world.
Svalbard Longyear airport (Norway) is located close to Longyearbyen, Longyearbyen at 3 mile↑, Nybyen at 4 mile↑, Svalbard at 8 mile↑, Spitsbergen at 35 mile↑, Havoysund at 527 mile↑, Nordmannset at 534 mile↑, Honningsvag at 536 mile↑, Nordkapp at 536 mile↑, Hasvik at 543 mile↑, Breivikbotn at 543 mile↑,
Elevation : 27 m = 89 ft
Runways
- runway 10/28 : 2319 m = 7608 ft
aerial view of Svalbard Longyear
METAR for Svalbard Longyear airport - ENSB
ENSB 201550Z 27002KT 9999 -RA FEW015 BKN030 05/04 Q1007 RMK WIND 1400FT 20011KT
Decoded METAR for Svalbard Longyear Airport (Norway)
METAR issued by ENSB on Monday 20th of September 2021 at 15:50 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 days and 67 hours and -2872 minutes ago.
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 5 °C = 41 °F and dew point is 4 °C = 39 °F . This correspond to 93% relative humidity.
QNH is 1007 mb = 29.74 inHg
Wind speed is 4 km/h = 2 kt, direction is 270°.
Clouds : few clouds at 1500 ft = 460 m. broken at 3000 ft = 910 m.
light rain
Remarks : WIND 1400FT 20011KT
TAF for Svalbard Longyear airport - ENSB
ENSB 181100Z 1812/1912 11015KT 9999 FEW020 BKN050 BECMG 1812/1815 13025KT TEMPO 1812/1905 16030G40KT 1814/1912 RA BKN012
Decoded TAF for Svalbard Longyear Airport (Norway)
TAF issued by ENSB on Saturday 18th of September 2021 at 11:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 4 days and 23 hours and 58 minutes ago. A 24 hour weather forecast that is updated every 6 hours.
from Saturday 18th of September 2021 à 12:00 heure TU to Saturday 18th of September 2021 à 12:00 heure UTC
1812/1912 11015KT 9999 FEW020 BKN050
Wind 15 kt = 28 km/h, direction is 110°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
few clouds at 2000 ft = 610 m broken at 5000 ft = 1520 m
becoming from Saturday 18th of September 2021 à 15:00 heure TU to Sunday 19th of September 2021 à 12:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1812/1815 13025KT
Wind 25 kt = 46 km/h, direction is 130°
temporarily from Saturday 18th of September 2021 à 12:00 heure TU to Sunday 19th of September 2021 à 05:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1812/1905 16030G40KT 1814/1912 RA BKN012
1814/1912
Wind 30 kt = 56 km/h with gusts at 40 kt = 74 km/h, direction is 160°
rain
broken at 1200 ft = 370 m
close by
nearest airports to Svalbard Longyear
- for Svea airport (ENSA) at 30 mile↑
- for Ny Alesund Svalbard airport (ENAS) at 68 mile↑
- for Nagurskoye airport (UODN) at 434 mile↑
- for Station Nord Landing Strip airport (BGMI) at 444 mile↑
- for Danmarkshavn airport (BGDH) at 512 mile↑
- for Honningsvag Valan airport (ENHV) at 534 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Hammaerfest airport (ENHF) at 543 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Mehamn airport (ENMH) at 545 mile↑METAR & TAF
Data sources
- NOTAM : ICAO (www.icao.int)
- 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)