// Station · 26m ago

PAAK

Atka Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 6.1°C / 5°C

ALTIM 30.05 inHg

ELEV 57 FT

52.2203°N / 174.2060°W

LOCATION · Atka, US

WIND

220°10 kt

PAAK · 57 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW017

T / Td

6 / 5

ALTIM

30.05"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 220°/10 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 1,700 ft. 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 PAAK 111356Z AUTO 22010KT 10SM FEW017 06/05 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP174 T00610050 TSNO

PAAK · day 11 at 13:56 UTC · wind from 220° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 1,700 ft · temp 6°C / dewpoint 5°C · altimeter 30.05" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

220°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

16★ HDG 160° H5 kt X9 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

34 HDG 340° T5 kt X9 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,057 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 -9°C

-1,200FT

-1,257 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV57 FT OAT+6°C ISA DELTA-9°C PRESSURE ALT-76 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -1,200 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -1,257 ft above PAAK's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW017

Few · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL3,138 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-12)

15:30ZSUNRISE

23:43ZSOLAR NOON

07:56ZSUNSET

08:43ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 33m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:43Z (18h 20m) DAY LENGTH16h 26m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE12:54Z MOONSET05:20Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 1 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

PADK

IFR

Adak Airport · Adak

WIND: 240° / 22 kt
VIS: 3.0 SM
CEILING: OVC007
DIST: 92 NM W
AGE: 11m ago

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