// Station · 58m ago

PAEI

Eielson Air Force Base

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 9,000 ft

T/Td 7.7°C / -2.1°C

ALTIM 29.53 inHg

WX VCSH

ELEV 547 FT

64.6657°N / 147.1020°W

LOCATION · Fairbanks, US

WIND

090°7 kt

PAEI · 547 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN090

LAYERS

SCT050 BKN090

T / Td

8 / -2

ALTIM

29.53"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 9,000 ft. Light winds at 090°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 5,000 ft, and broken at 9,000 ft. Reported weather: VCSH. 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 270955Z 09007KT 10SM VCSH SCT050 BKN090 08/M02 A2953 RMK AO2A SLP004 T00771021 $

PAEI · day 27 at 09:55 UTC · wind from 090° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 9,000 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint -2°C · altimeter 29.53" Hg · weather: VCSH · sea-level pressure 1000.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

090°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 14,530'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

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 -5°C

300FT

-247 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -600 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV547 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA-5°C PRESSURE ALT934 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAHU (Hughes Airport, Hughes, elev 299 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-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.

// Cloud layers · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN090

Broken · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT050

Scattered · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING9,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL4,436 ft VFR MARGIN+6,000 ft

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

11:49ZSUNRISE

21:47ZSOLAR NOON

07:45ZSUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT10:53Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING20h 51m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH19h 56m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE20:31Z MOONSET16:27Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 60 NM radius

PAFB

VFR

Ladd Army Airfield · Fairbanks

WIND: CALM
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: BKN120
DIST: 17 NM NW
AGE: 58m ago

PAFA

VFR

Fairbanks International Airport · Fairbanks

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT090
DIST: 21 NM NW
AGE: 1h 0m ago

PANN

VFR

Nenana Municipal Airport · Nenana

WIND: 110° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 51 NM W
AGE: 1h 0m ago

PABI

VFR → MVFR 22Z

Allen Army Airfield · Delta Junction Ft Greely

WIND: 190° / 20 ktG35
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 54 NM SE
AGE: 1h 0m ago

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