// Station · 27m ago

PACD

Cold Bay Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 12 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,300 ft

T/Td 7.2°C / 3.3°C

ALTIM 29.64 inHg

ELEV 96 FT

55.2079°N / 162.7250°W

LOCATION · Cold Bay, US

WIND

250°12 kt

PACD · 96 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/12

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN043

LAYERS

FEW021 BKN043 BKN049

T / Td

7 / 3

ALTIM

29.64"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,300 ft. Moderate winds at 250°/12 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 2,100 ft, broken at 4,300 ft, and broken at 4,900 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

SPECI PACD 130125Z 25012KT 10SM FEW021 BKN043 BKN049 07/03 A2964 RMK AO2 RAE0054 P0000 T00720033 $

PACD · day 13 at 01:25 UTC · wind from 250° at 12 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,100 ft · broken layer at 4,300 ft · broken layer at 4,900 ft · temp 7°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 29.64" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 12 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

250°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

26★ HDG 260° H12 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,900'

33 HDG 330° H2 kt X12 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

15 HDG 150° T2 kt X12 kt RIGHT —

08 HDG 080° T12 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,096 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 -7°C

-500FT

-596 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV96 FT OAT+7°C ISA DELTA-7°C PRESSURE ALT374 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN049

Broken · base 4,900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN043

Broken · base 4,300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW021

Few · base 2,100 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL3,732 ft VFR MARGIN+1,300 ft

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

17:16ZSUNRISE

22:38ZSOLAR NOON

04:00ZSUNSET

04:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:52Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 07m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:37Z (2h 44m) DAY LENGTH10h 44m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE18:38Z MOONSET05:23Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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