// Station · 7m ago

PAEN

Kenai Municipal Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 190° / 5 kt

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 400 ft

T/Td 13.3°C / 12.8°C

ALTIM 29.84 inHg

WX -RA BR

ELEV 99 FT

60.5710°N / 151.2452°W

LOCATION · Kenai, US

WIND

190°5 kt

PAEN · 99 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/5

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

BKN004

LAYERS

BKN004 OVC013

T / Td

13 / 13

ALTIM

29.84"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 400 ft. Light winds at 190°/5 kt, visibility 6.0 SM, broken at 400 ft, and overcast at 1,300 ft. Reported weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI PAEN 251806Z 19005KT 6SM -RA BR BKN004 OVC013 13/13 A2984 RMK AO2 P0000 T01330128

PAEN · day 25 at 18:06 UTC · wind from 190° at 5 kt · visibility 6.0 SM · broken layer at 400 ft · overcast at 1,300 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.84" Hg · weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 5 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID

WIND

190°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

20R★ HDG 200° H5 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 7,855'

20L HDG 200° H5 kt X1 kt LEFT 1,980'

20W HDG 200° H5 kt X1 kt LEFT 4,600'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

02L HDG 020° T5 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

02R HDG 020° T5 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

2W HDG 020° T5 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,099 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 -1°C

0FT

-99 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV99 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT176 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)

OVC013

Overcast · base 1,300 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN004

Broken · base 400 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING400 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,816 ft VFR MARGIN-2,600 ft

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

14:43ZSUNRISE

22:08ZSOLAR NOON

05:33ZSUNSET

06:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 20m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:22Z (12h 09m) DAY LENGTH14h 50m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE00:49Z MOONSET15:40Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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