// Station · 5m ago
PAFE
Kake Airport
CAT LIFR
WIND CALM
VIS 9.0 SM
CEILING OVC at 300 ft
T/Td 10°C / 10°C
ALTIM 29.98 inHg
ELEV 172 FT
56.9613°N / 133.9102°W
LOCATION · Kake, US
WIND
000°0 kt
PAFE · 172 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 14Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
9.0 SM
CEILING
OVC003
LAYERS
OVC003
T / Td
10 / 10
ALTIM
29.98"
// Interpretation
LIFR — ceiling 300 ft. Winds calm, visibility 9.0 SM, overcast at 300 ft. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.
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METAR PAFE 111456Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM OVC003 10/10 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP158 60000 T01000100 50002
PAFE · day 11 at 14:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 9.0 SM · overcast at 300 ft · temp 10°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.8 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
2 ends
11
HDG 110°
—CALM
——
4,000'
29
HDG 290°
—CALM
——
4,000'
Pattern altitude: 1,172 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 -5°C
-500FT
-672 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -200 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV172 FT
OAT+10°C
ISA DELTA-5°C
PRESSURE ALT110 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
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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-9)
12:19ZSUNRISE
21:02ZSOLAR NOON
05:45ZSUNSET
06:46ZCIVIL END
CURRENT15:01Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 43m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:46Z (15h 44m)
DAY LENGTH17h 25m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE09:44Z
MOONSET03:10Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 60 NM radius
PAPG
LIFR
→
VFR
17Z
Petersburg James A Johnson Airport · Petersburg
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 1.3 SM
- CEILING
- OVC002
- DIST
- 33 NM E
- AGE
- 5m ago
PAGN
IFR
Angoon Seaplane Base · Angoon
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN009
- DIST
- 39 NM NW
- AGE
- 5m ago
PASI
VFR
→
MVFR
17Z
Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport · Sitka
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 6.0 SM
- CEILING
- OVC050
- DIST
- 48 NM W
- AGE
- 8m ago
PAWG
VFR
Wrangell Airport · Wrangell
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN080
- DIST
- 58 NM SE
- AGE
- 5m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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