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// Station · 11m ago

PAFB

Ladd Army Airfield
CAT VFR
WIND 060° / 3 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING OVC at 7,500 ft
T/Td 6.7°C / 3.1°C
ALTIM 29.64 inHg
ELEV 454 FT
64.8375°N / 147.6140°W
LOCATION · Fairbanks, US
N
WIND
060°3 kt
PAFB · 454 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
060°/3
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
OVC075
 
 
 
LAYERS
SCT016 OVC075
 
 
 
T / Td
7 / 3
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.64"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,500 ft. Light winds at 060°/3 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 1,600 ft, and overcast at 7,500 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 PAFB 130055Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM SCT016 OVC075 07/03 A2964 RMK AO2 SLP046 T00670031 $

PAFB · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 060° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 1,600 ft · overcast at 7,500 ft · temp 7°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 29.64" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1004.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 3 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
060°3 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 8,575'
25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 8,575'
Pattern altitude: 1,454 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 -7°C

-100FT
-554 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV454 FT OAT+7°C ISA DELTA-7°C PRESSURE ALT732 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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 3,838 FT SCT016 OVC075 · CEILING PAFB ELEV · 454 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC075
Overcast · base 7,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas
SCT016
Scattered · base 1,600 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
// Computed
CEILING7,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL3,838 ft VFR MARGIN+4,500 ft

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

16:34ZSUNRISE
21:38ZSOLAR NOON
02:41ZSUNSET
03:30ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:30Z (2h 24m) DAY LENGTH10h 06m
Waxing Crescent
ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE17:55Z MOONSET04:02Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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