// Station · 59m ago

PABT

Bettles Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,800 ft

T/Td 6.7°C / 6.1°C

ALTIM 29.55 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 647 FT

66.9139°N / 151.5290°W

LOCATION · Bettles, US

WIND

000°0 kt

PABT · 647 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN038

LAYERS

BKN038 BKN048 OVC060

T / Td

7 / 6

ALTIM

29.55"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,800 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 3,800 ft, broken at 4,800 ft, and overcast at 6,000 ft. Reported weather: -RA. 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 PABT 271053Z 00000KT 10SM -RA BKN038 BKN048 OVC060 07/06 A2955 RMK AO2 SLP017 BINOVC DSNT NW P0003 T00670061 $

PABT · day 27 at 10:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 3,800 ft · broken layer at 4,800 ft · overcast at 6,000 ft · temp 7°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 29.55" Hg · weather: -RA · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1001.7 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

01 HDG 010° —CALM —— 5,190'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 5,190'

Pattern altitude: 1,647 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 -6°C

300FT

-347 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -500 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV647 FT OAT+7°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT1,013 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAHU (Hughes Airport, Hughes, elev 299 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC060

Overcast · base 6,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN048

Broken · base 4,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN038

Broken · base 3,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL4,031 ft VFR MARGIN+800 ft

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

11:12ZSUNRISE

22:04ZSOLAR NOON

08:56ZSUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT11:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING21h 04m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH21h 44m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE19:57Z MOONSET17:41Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 150 NM (sparse area)

PAKP

VFR

Anaktuvuk Pass Airport · Anaktuvuk Pass

WIND: 050° / 13 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC120
DIST: 73 NM N
AGE: 56m ago

PAIM

VFR

Indian Mountain LRRS Airport · Utopia Creek

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC090
DIST: 76 NM SW
AGE: 57m ago

PATA

VFR

Ralph M Calhoun Memorial Airport · Tanana

WIND: 040° / 3 kt
VIS: —
CEILING: BKN085
DIST: 105 NM S
AGE: 1h 0m ago

PAGH

VFR

Shungnak Airport · Shungnak

WIND: 270° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC100
DIST: 133 NM W
AGE: 56m ago

PAHL

VFR

Huslia Airport · Huslia

WIND: 060° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN095
DIST: 137 NM SW
AGE: 56m ago

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