// Station · 12m ago

PAFA

Fairbanks International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,200 ft

T/Td 5.6°C / 2.2°C

ALTIM 29.65 inHg

ELEV 439 FT

64.8151°N / 147.8560°W

LOCATION · Fairbanks, US

WIND

000°0 kt

PAFA · 439 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN012

LAYERS

BKN012 BKN016

T / Td

6 / 2

ALTIM

29.65"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,200 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 1,200 ft, and broken at 1,600 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PAFA 130053Z 00000KT 10SM BKN012 BKN016 06/02 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP048 T00560022 $

PAFA · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 1,200 ft · broken layer at 1,600 ft · temp 6°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 29.65" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1004.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 8 ends

02L HDG 020° —CALM —— 11,800'

20R HDG 200° —CALM —— 11,800'

02W HDG 020° —CALM —— 5,400'

20W HDG 200° —CALM —— 5,400'

02R HDG 020° —CALM —— 4,510'

20L HDG 200° —CALM —— 4,510'

02 HDG 020° —CALM —— 2,900'

20 HDG 200° —CALM —— 2,900'

Pattern altitude: 1,439 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 -8°C

-300FT

-739 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV439 FT OAT+6°C ISA DELTA-8°C PRESSURE ALT708 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)

BKN016

Broken · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN012

Broken · base 1,200 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL3,267 ft VFR MARGIN-1,800 ft

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

16:35ZSUNRISE

21:39ZSOLAR NOON

02:42ZSUNSET

03:31ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 36m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:31Z (2h 25m) DAY LENGTH10h 06m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE17:56Z MOONSET04:03Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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