// Station · 13m ago

PAEI

Eielson Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 5.9°C / 2.9°C

ALTIM 29.62 inHg

ELEV 547 FT

64.6657°N / 147.1020°W

LOCATION · Fairbanks, US

WIND

320°7 kt

PAEI · 547 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

FEW012 BKN080

T / Td

6 / 3

ALTIM

29.62"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Light winds at 320°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 1,200 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 PAEI 130055Z 32007KT 10SM FEW012 BKN080 06/03 A2962 RMK AO2A SLP038 T00590029 $

PAEI · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 320° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 1,200 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 6°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 29.62" Hg · sea-level pressure 1003.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

320°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

32★ HDG 320° H7 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 14,530'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

14 HDG 140° T7 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,547 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 -7°C

-0FT

-547 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV547 FT OAT+6°C ISA DELTA-7°C PRESSURE ALT845 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

FEW012

Few · base 1,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL3,527 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

16:32ZSUNRISE

21:35ZSOLAR NOON

02:39ZSUNSET

03:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 30m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:28Z (2h 20m) DAY LENGTH10h 07m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE17:53Z MOONSET04:00Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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