// Station · 17m ago

PAFB

Ladd Army Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 12,000 ft

T/Td 4.7°C / 0.3°C

ALTIM 29.59 inHg

ELEV 454 FT

64.8375°N / 147.6140°W

LOCATION · Fairbanks, US

WIND

000°0 kt

PAFB · 454 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

BKN120

LAYERS

SCT070 BKN120 BKN200

T / Td

5 / 0

ALTIM

29.59"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 12,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility 9.0 SM, scattered at 7,000 ft, broken at 12,000 ft, and broken at 20,000 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 271355Z 00000KT 9SM SCT070 BKN120 BKN200 05/00 A2959 RMK AO2A SLP027 T00470003

PAFB · day 27 at 13:55 UTC · winds calm · visibility 9.0 SM · scattered layer at 7,000 ft · broken layer at 12,000 ft · broken layer at 20,000 ft · temp 5°C / dewpoint 0°C · altimeter 29.59" Hg · sea-level pressure 1002.7 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 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 -9°C

-300FT

-754 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -1,100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV454 FT OAT+5°C ISA DELTA-9°C PRESSURE ALT782 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PABA (Barter Island Long Range Radar Station Airport, Barter Island, elev 2 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN200

Broken · base 20,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN120

Broken · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT070

Scattered · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING12,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER20,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL2,828 ft VFR MARGIN+9,000 ft

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

11:48ZSUNRISE

21:49ZSOLAR NOON

07:50ZSUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT14:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH20h 02m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION84% MOONRISE20:37Z MOONSET16:39Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

PAFA

VFR

Fairbanks International Airport · Fairbanks

WIND: 320° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN150
DIST: 6 NM W
AGE: 19m ago

PAEI

VFR

Eielson Air Force Base · Fairbanks

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN140
DIST: 17 NM SE
AGE: 17m ago

PANN

VFR

Nenana Municipal Airport · Nenana

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 41 NM SW
AGE: 19m ago

PABI

VFR

Allen Army Airfield · Delta Junction Ft Greely

WIND: 190° / 20 ktG30
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 70 NM SE
AGE: 1h 19m ago

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