// Station · 3m ago
PABV
Birchwood Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 120° / 4 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 12.8°C / 9.4°C
ALTIM 29.78 inHg
ELEV 83 FT
61.4165°N / 149.5070°W
LOCATION · Birchwood, US
WIND
120°4 kt
PABV · 83 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 13Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
120°/4
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
13 / 9
ALTIM
29.78"
// Interpretation
VFR with light winds at 120°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR PABV 111356Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM CLR 13/09 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP085 T01280094 $
PABV · day 11 at 13:56 UTC · wind from 120° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 13°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.78" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.5 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 120° @ 4 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
120°4 kt
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 -2°C
0FT
-83 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +300 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV83 FT
OAT+13°C
ISA DELTA-2°C
PRESSURE ALT222 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 · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-10)
12:40ZSUNRISE
22:04ZSOLAR NOON
07:28ZSUNSET
09:18ZCIVIL END
CURRENT13:59Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 28m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:18Z (19h 18m)
DAY LENGTH18h 47m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE10:04Z
MOONSET04:52Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
PAWS
VFR
Wasilla Airport · Wasilla
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 9 NM N
- AGE
- 3m ago
PAFR
VFR
Bryant Army Airfield · Fort Richardson
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 9.0 SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 10 NM SW
- AGE
- 1h 4m ago
PAED
VFR
→
MVFR
08Z
Elmendorf Air Force Base · Anchorage
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW055
- DIST
- 13 NM SW
- AGE
- 1h 4m ago
PAMR
VFR
Merrill Field · Anchorage
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW065
- DIST
- 16 NM SW
- AGE
- 6m ago
PAAQ
VFR
Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport · Palmer
- WIND
- 350° / 6 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 16 NM NE
- AGE
- 6m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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