// Station · 8m ago

PABA

Barter Island Long Range Radar Station Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 9,500 ft

T/Td -0.6°C / -1.7°C

ALTIM 29.55 inHg

ELEV 2 FT

70.1340°N / 143.5820°W

LOCATION · Barter Island, US

WIND

240°9 kt

PABA · 2 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC095

LAYERS

FEW047 SCT060 OVC095

T / Td

-1 / -2

ALTIM

29.55"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 9,500 ft. Moderate winds at 240°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 4,700 ft, scattered at 6,000 ft, and overcast at 9,500 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 PABA 130056Z AUTO 24009KT 10SM FEW047 SCT060 OVC095 M01/M02 A2955 RMK AO2 SLP026 T10061017 FZRANO TSNO $

PABA · day 13 at 00:56 UTC · wind from 240° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 4,700 ft · scattered layer at 6,000 ft · overcast at 9,500 ft · temp -1°C / dewpoint -2°C · altimeter 29.55" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1002.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

240°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

25★ HDG 250° H9 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

07 HDG 070° T9 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,002 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 -15°C

-1,400FT

-1,402 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2 FT OAT-1°C ISA DELTA-15°C PRESSURE ALT368 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -1,400 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -1,402 ft above PABA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

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. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC095

Overcast · base 9,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT060

Scattered · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW047

Few · base 4,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING9,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL2 ft VFR MARGIN+6,500 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-10)

16:36ZSUNRISE

21:21ZSOLAR NOON

02:07ZSUNSET

03:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:09Z (2h 05m) DAY LENGTH9h 30m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE17:57Z MOONSET03:28Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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