// Station · 28m ago

PAFB

Ladd Army Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 100° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 6,000 ft

T/Td 14.1°C / 14.1°C

ALTIM 29.59 inHg

ELEV 454 FT

64.8375°N / 147.6140°W

LOCATION · Fairbanks, US

WIND

100°6 kt

PAFB · 454 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 19Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

100°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN060

LAYERS

SCT005 BKN060 BKN100

T / Td

14 / 14

ALTIM

29.59"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Light winds at 100°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 500 ft, broken at 6,000 ft, and broken at 10,000 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 PAFB 251955Z 10006KT 10SM SCT005 BKN060 BKN100 14/14 A2959 RMK AO2A SLP026 T01410141

PAFB · day 25 at 19:55 UTC · wind from 100° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 500 ft · broken layer at 6,000 ft · broken layer at 10,000 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.59" Hg · sea-level pressure 1002.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

100°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H5 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 8,575'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T5 kt X3 kt LEFT —

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 +1°C

900FT

+446 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV454 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT782 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

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN100

Broken · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN060

Broken · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT005

Scattered · base 500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,575 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

14:10ZSUNRISE

21:54ZSOLAR NOON

05:37ZSUNSET

06:36ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 13m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:36Z (10h 12m) DAY LENGTH15h 26m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE00:21Z MOONSET15:48Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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