// Station · 10m ago

PABL

Buckland Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 8,000 ft

T/Td 13.9°C / 11.1°C

ALTIM 29.55 inHg

ELEV 31 FT

65.9816°N / 161.1490°W

LOCATION · Buckland, US

WIND

000°0 kt

PABL · 31 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC080

LAYERS

FEW050 OVC080

T / Td

14 / 11

ALTIM

29.55"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 5,000 ft, and overcast at 8,000 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 PABL 111456Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW050 OVC080 14/11 A2955 RMK AO2 RAE36 SLP009 P0000 60000 T01390111 58016

PABL · day 11 at 14:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · overcast at 8,000 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.55" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1000.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

11 HDG 110° —CALM —— 3,200'

29 HDG 290° —CALM —— 3,200'

Pattern altitude: 1,031 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 +0°C

400FT

+369 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +1,300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV31 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT397 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PANU (Nulato Airport, Nulato, elev 399 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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)

OVC080

Overcast · base 8,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

FEW050

Few · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,051 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

12:05ZSUNRISE

22:51ZSOLAR NOON

09:37ZSUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT15:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING18h 30m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH21h 31m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE09:31Z MOONSET07:02Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

PADE

VFR

Deering Airport · Deering

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN065
DIST: 40 NM W
AGE: 13m ago

PASK

VFR

Selawik Airport · Selawik

WIND: 080° / 11 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN090
DIST: 47 NM NE
AGE: 10m ago

PFNO

VFR

Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport · Noorvik

WIND: 070° / 12 kt
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: OVC085
DIST: 50 NM N
AGE: 10m ago

PAIK

VFR

Bob Baker Memorial Airport · Kiana

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC085
DIST: 62 NM N
AGE: 10m ago

PAKK

VFR

Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport · Koyuk

WIND: 040° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN110
DIST: 63 NM S
AGE: 10m ago

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