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CYABIATA YABCAFlight category: VFR

Arctic Bay Airport (YAB/CYAB)

Arctic Bay36 m

1°CTemperature310° · 12 ktWind15 miVisibility
METAR / TAF
Temperature
1°C
Dew point
-2°C
Wind
310° · 12 kt
Visibility
15 mi
Altimeter
29.8 inHg
Current conditions
VFR

Wind on the runway

Runway heading
128°
Headwind
12 kt
Tailwind
Crosswind
0 kt
From the left

Cloud ceiling profile

Ceiling
7,500 ftBKN
FEW1,900 ft AGL
BKN7,500 ft AGL
BKN9,300 ft AGL

METAR

Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC)

Decoded observation

Report type
METAR
issued
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC)
wind
310° · 12 kt
visibility
15 SM
clouds
FEW · few clouds · 1,900 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 7,500 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 9,300 ft AGL
temperature
1 °C
dew point
-2 °C
altimeter setting
29.8 inHg
Sea-level pressure
1,009.6 hPa
flight category
VFR

Remarks and supplementary codes

Supplementary code
SC2AC3AS2
Supplementary code
SLP096

TAF

Sep 8, 2026, 12:40 PM (UTC)

Forecast period 1 · base period

Validity
Sep 8, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC) – Sep 8, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC)
wind
300° · 10 kt
visibility
>6 SM
clouds
SCT · scattered clouds · 2,000 ft AGL BKN · broken cloud layer · 8,000 ft AGL OVC · overcast · 20,000 ft AGL

Forecast period 2 · temporary conditions

Validity
Sep 8, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC) – Sep 8, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC)
clouds
BKN · broken cloud layer · 2,000 ft AGL OVC · overcast · 8,000 ft AGL

Forecast period 3 · from this time

Validity
Sep 8, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC) – Sep 8, 2026, 8:00 PM (UTC)
wind
280° · 12 kt
visibility
>6 SM
clouds
OVC · overcast · 2,500 ft AGL

Forecast period 4 · temporary conditions

Validity
Sep 8, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC) – Sep 8, 2026, 8:00 PM (UTC)
clouds
OVC · overcast · 2,000 ft AGL

Terminal forecast

TEMPO
Sep 8, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC)
VRB° · kt
mi · OVC 2000
FM
Sep 8, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC)
280° · 12 kt
6+ mi · OVC 2500
TEMPO
Sep 8, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC)
VRB° · kt
mi · BKN 2000 · OVC 8000
BASE
Sep 8, 2026, 1:00 PM (UTC)
300° · 10 kt
6+ mi · SCT 2000 · BKN 8000 · OVC 20000

Observation history

UTCCurrent conditionsTemperatureWindVisibility
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC)VFR1°C12 kt15 mi

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