// Station · 27m ago

PAFE

Kake Airport

CAT IFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 500 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

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC005

LAYERS

OVC005

T / Td

10 / 10

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 500 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 500 ft. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PAFE 111356Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC005 10/10 A2998 RMK AO2 RAB16E36 SLP158 P0000 T01000100

PAFE · day 11 at 13:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 500 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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC005

Overcast · base 500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,223 ft VFR MARGIN-2,500 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-9)

12:19ZSUNRISE

21:02ZSOLAR NOON

05:45ZSUNSET

06:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 21m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:46Z (16h 23m) DAY LENGTH17h 25m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE09:43Z MOONSET03:09Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 60 NM radius

PAPG

LIFR → VFR 17Z

Petersburg James A Johnson Airport · Petersburg

WIND: 060° / 3 kt
VIS: 0.25 SM
CEILING: OVC002
DIST: 33 NM E
AGE: 27m ago

PAGN

MVFR

Angoon Seaplane Base · Angoon

WIND: CALM
VIS: 5.0 SM
CEILING: OVC014
DIST: 39 NM NW
AGE: 27m ago

PASI

VFR → MVFR 17Z

Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport · Sitka

WIND: CALM
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: OVC047
DIST: 48 NM W
AGE: 30m ago

PAWG

VFR

Wrangell Airport · Wrangell

WIND: 300° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN080
DIST: 58 NM SE
AGE: 27m ago

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