// Station · 1h 22m ago · STALE

PADG

Red Dog Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 180° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,300 ft

T/Td 10°C / 9°C

ALTIM 29.76 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 969 FT

68.0321°N / 162.8990°W

LOCATION · Red Dog, US

WIND

180°7 kt

PADG · 969 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN013

LAYERS

BKN013 OVC020

T / Td

10 / 9

ALTIM

29.76"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,300 ft. Light winds at 180°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 1,300 ft, and overcast at 2,000 ft. Reported weather: -RA. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PADG 142355Z 18007KT 10SM -RA BKN013 OVC020 10/09 A2976

PADG · day 14 at 23:55 UTC · wind from 180° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 1,300 ft · overcast at 2,000 ft · temp 10°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.76" Hg · weather: -RA

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

180°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

21★ HDG 210° H6 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,312'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

03 HDG 030° T6 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,969 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

800FT

-169 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV969 FT OAT+10°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT1,126 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAEG (Eagle Airport, Eagle, elev 908 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+8%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC020

Overcast · base 2,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN013

Broken · base 1,300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,020 ft VFR MARGIN-1,700 ft

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

// 24h DAYLIGHT — sun does not set at this latitude on this date

—SUNRISE

22:58ZSOLAR NOON

—SUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH24h

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE— MOONSET— FULL MOON IN15 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

PAWN

MVFR

Noatak Airport · Noatak

WIND: VRB / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC027
DIST: 28 NM S
AGE: 21m ago

PAVL

VFR

Kivalina Airport · Kivalina

WIND: 180° / 8 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW010
DIST: 42 NM SW
AGE: 24m ago

PAOT

VFR → MVFR 18Z

Ralph Wien Memorial Airport · Kotzebue

WIND: 310° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN065
DIST: 69 NM S
AGE: 24m ago

PFNO

VFR

Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport · Noorvik

WIND: 140° / 6 kt
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: BKN042
DIST: 85 NM SE
AGE: 21m ago

PAIK

VFR

Bob Baker Memorial Airport · Kiana

WIND: 120° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC049
DIST: 85 NM SE
AGE: 21m ago

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