// Station · 27m ago

PAFA

Fairbanks International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 11,000 ft

T/Td 14.4°C / 13.3°C

ALTIM 29.65 inHg

ELEV 439 FT

64.8151°N / 147.8560°W

LOCATION · Fairbanks, US

WIND

000°0 kt

PAFA · 439 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN110

LAYERS

BKN110 BKN220

T / Td

14 / 13

ALTIM

29.65"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 11,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 11,000 ft, and broken at 22,000 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 PAFA 111353Z 00000KT 10SM BKN110 BKN220 14/13 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP044 T01440133

PAFA · day 11 at 13:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 11,000 ft · broken layer at 22,000 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.65" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1004.4 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 +1°C

800FT

+361 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV439 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT708 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAEG (Eagle Airport, Eagle, elev 908 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+8%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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)

BKN220

Broken · base 22,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN110

Broken · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING11,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER22,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL7,712 ft VFR MARGIN+8,000 ft

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

11:41ZSUNRISE

21:58ZSOLAR NOON

08:14ZSUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT14:20Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 53m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH20h 32m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE09:06Z MOONSET05:38Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

PAFB

VFR

Ladd Army Airfield · Fairbanks

WIND: 080° / 3 kt
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: OVC120
DIST: 6 NM E
AGE: 25m ago

PAEI

VFR

Eielson Air Force Base · Fairbanks

WIND: CALM
VIS: 7.0 SM
CEILING: BKN120
DIST: 21 NM SE
AGE: 25m ago

PANN

VFR

Nenana Municipal Airport · Nenana

WIND: 080° / 11 ktG20
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT110
DIST: 35 NM SW
AGE: 27m ago

PAIN

VFR

Denali National Park Airport · Denali Park

WIND: 220° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 71 NM SW
AGE: 24m ago

PABI

VFR → MVFR 20Z

Allen Army Airfield · Delta Junction Ft Greely

WIND: 130° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: SCT200
DIST: 74 NM SE
AGE: 17m ago

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