// Station · 5m ago

PAFM

Ambler Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 270° / 5 kt

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 2,900 ft

T/Td 8°C / 7°C

ALTIM 29.68 inHg

WX -RA BR

ELEV 334 FT

67.1055°N / 157.8553°W

LOCATION · Ambler, US

WIND

270°5 kt

PAFM · 334 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/5

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

BKN029

LAYERS

FEW013 BKN029 OVC050

T / Td

8 / 7

ALTIM

29.68"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,900 ft. Light winds at 270°/5 kt, visibility 6.0 SM, a few at 1,300 ft, broken at 2,900 ft, and overcast at 5,000 ft. Reported weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI PAFM 252215Z AUTO 27005KT 6SM -RA BR FEW013 BKN029 OVC050 08/07 A2968 RMK AO2 P0000 $

PAFM · day 25 at 22:15 UTC · wind from 270° at 5 kt · visibility 6.0 SM · a few clouds at 1,300 ft · broken layer at 2,900 ft · overcast at 5,000 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.68" Hg · weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

270°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

28★ HDG 280° H5 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,400'

19 HDG 190° H1 kt X5 kt RIGHT 4,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

01 HDG 010° T1 kt X5 kt LEFT —

10 HDG 100° T5 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,334 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 -6°C

-100FT

-434 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV334 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT570 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC050

Overcast · base 5,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN029

Broken · base 2,900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW013

Few · base 1,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL4,374 ft VFR MARGIN-100 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-11)

14:39ZSUNRISE

22:34ZSOLAR NOON

06:30ZSUNSET

07:38ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:20Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:38Z (9h 18m) DAY LENGTH15h 51m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION95% MOONRISE00:54Z MOONSET16:45Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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