// Station · 20m ago

PABV

Birchwood Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 5,500 ft

T/Td 12.2°C / 11.7°C

ALTIM 29.87 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 83 FT

61.4165°N / 149.5070°W

LOCATION · Birchwood, US

WIND

000°0 kt

PABV · 83 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC055

LAYERS

OVC055

T / Td

12 / 12

ALTIM

29.87"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,500 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 5,500 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-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 PABV 251556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA OVC055 12/12 A2987 RMK AO2 RAB07 SLP115 P0001 T01220117 $

PABV · day 25 at 15:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 5,500 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.87" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.5 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 4 ends

02L HDG 020° —CALM —— 4,012'

20R HDG 200° —CALM —— 4,012'

02R HDG 020° —CALM —— 1,802'

20L HDG 200° —CALM —— 1,802'

Pattern altitude: 1,083 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 -3°C

-200FT

-283 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV83 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT130 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)

OVC055

Overcast · base 5,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,245 ft VFR MARGIN+2,500 ft

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

14:33ZSUNRISE

22:01ZSOLAR NOON

05:30ZSUNSET

06:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 13m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:20Z (14h 03m) DAY LENGTH14h 57m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE00:35Z MOONSET15:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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