// Station · 33m ago

PADU

Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 6.1°C / 5°C

ALTIM 30.04 inHg

ELEV 22 FT

53.8988°N / 166.5450°W

LOCATION · Unalaska, US

WIND

000°0 kt

PADU · 22 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW008

T / Td

6 / 5

ALTIM

30.04"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 800 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 PADU 111356Z 00000KT 10SM FEW008 06/05 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172 T00610050 PNO $

PADU · day 11 at 13:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 800 ft · temp 6°C / dewpoint 5°C · altimeter 30.04" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.2 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 2 ends

13 HDG 130° —CALM —— 4,500'

31 HDG 310° —CALM —— 4,500'

Pattern altitude: 1,022 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 -9°C

-1,200FT

-1,222 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -1,400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV22 FT OAT+6°C ISA DELTA-9°C PRESSURE ALT-102 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -1,200 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -1,222 ft above PADU's actual elevation.

// 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW008

Few · base 800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL3,103 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

14:50ZSUNRISE

23:12ZSOLAR NOON

07:35ZSUNSET

08:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 06m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:26Z (17h 57m) DAY LENGTH16h 44m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE12:14Z MOONSET04:59Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of PADU.

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