// Station · 1h 24m ago · STALE

PAEI

Eielson Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 12,000 ft

T/Td 11°C / 9.9°C

ALTIM 29.73 inHg

ELEV 547 FT

64.6657°N / 147.1020°W

LOCATION · Fairbanks, US

WIND

080°4 kt

PAEI · 547 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN120

LAYERS

SCT095 BKN120

T / Td

11 / 10

ALTIM

29.73"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 12,000 ft. Light winds at 080°/4 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 9,500 ft, and broken at 12,000 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 251455Z 08004KT 10SM SCT095 BKN120 11/10 A2973 RMK AO2A SLP071 T01100099 57007 $

PAEI · day 25 at 14:55 UTC · wind from 080° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 9,500 ft · broken layer at 12,000 ft · temp 11°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.73" Hg · sea-level pressure 1007.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

080°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 14,530'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 14,530'

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 -3°C

400FT

-147 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV547 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT733 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PANU (Nulato Airport, Nulato, elev 399 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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)

BKN120

Broken · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT095

Scattered · base 9,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING12,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL6,103 ft VFR MARGIN+9,000 ft

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

14:09ZSUNRISE

21:51ZSOLAR NOON

05:34ZSUNSET

06:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 14m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:33Z (14h 13m) DAY LENGTH15h 25m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE00:11Z MOONSET15:37Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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