// Station · 19m ago

PABE

Bethel Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 180° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,900 ft

T/Td 5.6°C / 5.6°C

ALTIM 29.48 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 126 FT

60.7798°N / 161.8380°W

LOCATION · Bethel, US

WIND

180°6 kt

PABE · 126 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN029

LAYERS

BKN029 OVC036

T / Td

6 / 6

ALTIM

29.48"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,900 ft. Light winds at 180°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 2,900 ft, and overcast at 3,600 ft. Reported weather: -RA. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI PABE 271133Z 18006KT 10SM -RA BKN029 OVC036 06/06 A2948 RMK AO2 RAB05 P0001 T00560056

PABE · day 27 at 11:33 UTC · wind from 180° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 2,900 ft · overcast at 3,600 ft · temp 6°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 29.48" Hg · weather: -RA · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 6 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

180°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

19R★ HDG 190° H6 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,400'

19L HDG 190° H6 kt X1 kt LEFT 4,000'

12 HDG 120° H3 kt X5 kt RIGHT 1,858'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

30 HDG 300° T3 kt X5 kt LEFT —

01L HDG 010° T6 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

01R HDG 010° T6 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,126 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 -8°C

-400FT

-526 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

FIELD ELEV126 FT OAT+6°C ISA DELTA-8°C PRESSURE ALT563 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PABA (Barter Island Long Range Radar Station Airport, Barter Island, elev 2 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC036

Overcast · base 3,600 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN029

Broken · base 2,900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL2,954 ft VFR MARGIN-100 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-11)

13:38ZSUNRISE

22:45ZSOLAR NOON

07:53ZSUNSET

09:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING20h 01m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:18Z (21h 26m) DAY LENGTH18h 15m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE22:23Z MOONSET16:38Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of PABE.

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