// Station · 16m ago

PABA

Barter Island Long Range Radar Station Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 260° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 5,000 ft

T/Td 10°C / 5.6°C

ALTIM 29.58 inHg

ELEV 2 FT

70.1340°N / 143.5820°W

LOCATION · Barter Island, US

WIND

260°10 kt

PABA · 2 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC050

LAYERS

OVC050

T / Td

10 / 6

ALTIM

29.58"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,000 ft. Moderate winds at 260°/10 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 5,000 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 251756Z AUTO 26010KT 10SM OVC050 10/06 A2958 RMK AO2 SLP034 T01000056 10106 20072 51015 TSNO $

PABA · day 25 at 17:56 UTC · wind from 260° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 5,000 ft · temp 10°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 29.58" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1003.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

260°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

25★ HDG 250° H10 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

07 HDG 070° T10 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 -4°C

-200FT

-202 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2 FT OAT+10°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT339 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAEL (Elfin Cove Seaplane Base, Elfin Cove, elev 0 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC050

Overcast · base 5,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,053 ft VFR MARGIN+2,000 ft

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

13:20ZSUNRISE

21:37ZSOLAR NOON

05:55ZSUNSET

07:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 43m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:24Z (13h 12m) DAY LENGTH16h 35m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:26Z MOONSET16:01Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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