// Station · 15m ago

PABE

Bethel Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 180° / 12 kt

VIS 7.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 700 ft

T/Td 8.9°C / 8.3°C

ALTIM 29.55 inHg

ELEV 126 FT

60.7798°N / 161.8380°W

LOCATION · Bethel, US

WIND

180°12 kt

PABE · 126 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/12

VIS

7.0 SM

CEILING

OVC007

LAYERS

OVC007

T / Td

9 / 8

ALTIM

29.55"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 700 ft. Moderate winds at 180°/12 kt, visibility 7.0 SM, overcast at 700 ft. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PABE 111253Z 18012KT 7SM OVC007 09/08 A2955 RMK AO2 SLP007 T00890083

PABE · day 11 at 12:53 UTC · wind from 180° at 12 kt · visibility 7.0 SM · overcast at 700 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.55" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1000.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 12 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

180°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

19R★ HDG 190° H12 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,400'

19L HDG 190° H12 kt X2 kt LEFT 4,000'

12 HDG 120° H6 kt X10 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 83%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

30 HDG 300° T6 kt X10 kt LEFT —

01L HDG 010° T12 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

01R HDG 010° T12 kt X2 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 -5°C

-100FT

-226 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV126 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-5°C PRESSURE ALT492 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 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)

OVC007

Overcast · base 700 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING700 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL4,621 ft VFR MARGIN-2,300 ft

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

13:37ZSUNRISE

22:53ZSOLAR NOON

08:10ZSUNSET

09:45ZCIVIL END

CURRENT13:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING19h 01m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:45Z (20h 36m) DAY LENGTH18h 33m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE10:58Z MOONSET05:32Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of PABE.

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