// Station · 10m ago

PAED

Elmendorf Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 020° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 8.5°C / 3.9°C

ALTIM 29.63 inHg

ELEV 212 FT

61.2517°N / 149.8071°W

LOCATION · Anchorage, US

WIND

020°5 kt

PAED · 212 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

020°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

BKN060 BKN080

T / Td

9 / 4

ALTIM

29.63"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Light winds at 020°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 6,000 ft, and broken at 8,000 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 PAED 130055Z 02005KT 10SM BKN060 BKN080 09/04 A2963 RMK AO2A SLP031 T00850039 $

PAED · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 020° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 6,000 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.63" Hg · sea-level pressure 1003.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 020° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

020°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

06★ HDG 060° H4 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,000'

34 HDG 340° H4 kt X3 kt RIGHT 7,493'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

24 HDG 240° T4 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

16 HDG 160° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,212 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 -6°C

-200FT

-412 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV212 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT499 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL4,505 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

16:35ZSUNRISE

21:46ZSOLAR NOON

02:58ZSUNSET

03:42ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 52m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:42Z (2h 36m) DAY LENGTH10h 23m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE17:56Z MOONSET04:19Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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