// Station · 8m ago

PACV

Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,500 ft

T/Td 12.8°C / 11.1°C

ALTIM 30.01 inHg

ELEV 54 FT

60.4918°N / 145.4780°W

LOCATION · Cordova, US

WIND

000°0 kt

PACV · 54 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN035

LAYERS

FEW026 BKN035 OVC100

T / Td

13 / 11

ALTIM

30.01"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,500 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 2,600 ft, broken at 3,500 ft, and overcast at 10,000 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 PACV 251653Z 00000KT 10SM FEW026 BKN035 OVC100 13/11 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01280111

PACV · day 25 at 16:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,600 ft · broken layer at 3,500 ft · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.01" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.2 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

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 7,500'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 7,500'

16 HDG 160° —CALM —— 1,934'

34 HDG 340° —CALM —— 1,934'

Pattern altitude: 1,054 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

-300FT

-354 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV54 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT-37 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)

OVC100

Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN035

Broken · base 3,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW026

Few · base 2,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,519 ft VFR MARGIN+500 ft

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

14:20ZSUNRISE

21:45ZSOLAR NOON

05:10ZSUNSET

05:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 09m VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:58Z (12h 57m) DAY LENGTH14h 50m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE00:24Z MOONSET15:14Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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