// Station · 13m ago

PADK

Adak Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 290° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,400 ft

T/Td 7.2°C / 3.3°C

ALTIM 29.84 inHg

ELEV 18 FT

51.8836°N / 176.6428°W

LOCATION · Adak, US

WIND

290°10 kt

PADK · 18 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

290°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN044

LAYERS

FEW023 BKN044 OVC055

T / Td

7 / 3

ALTIM

29.84"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,400 ft. Moderate winds at 290°/10 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 2,300 ft, broken at 4,400 ft, and overcast at 5,500 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 PADK 130056Z AUTO 29010KT 10SM FEW023 BKN044 OVC055 07/03 A2984 RMK AO2 RAE02 SLP105 P0000 T00720033

PADK · day 13 at 00:56 UTC · wind from 290° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 2,300 ft · broken layer at 4,400 ft · overcast at 5,500 ft · temp 7°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 29.84" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 290° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

290°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

23★ HDG 230° H5 kt X9 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,790'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T5 kt X9 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,018 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 -8°C

-800FT

-818 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV18 FT OAT+7°C ISA DELTA-8°C PRESSURE ALT95 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -800 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -818 ft above PADK's actual elevation.

// 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)

OVC055

Overcast · base 5,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN044

Broken · base 4,400 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW023

Few · base 2,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,400 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL3,654 ft VFR MARGIN+1,400 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-12)

18:07ZSUNRISE

23:34ZSOLAR NOON

05:00ZSUNSET

05:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:09Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 51m VFR NIGHT BEGINS05:34Z (4h 25m) DAY LENGTH10h 53m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE19:28Z MOONSET06:22Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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