// Station · 27m ago

PAFR

Bryant Army Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,300 ft

T/Td 17.5°C / 9.4°C

ALTIM 29.65 inHg

ELEV 378 FT

61.2664°N / 149.6530°W

LOCATION · Fort Richardson, US

WIND

160°7 kt

PAFR · 378 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN043

LAYERS

BKN043 OVC050

T / Td

18 / 9

ALTIM

29.65"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,300 ft. Light winds at 160°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 4,300 ft, and overcast at 5,000 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 PAFR 290255Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM BKN043 OVC050 18/09 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP042 T01750094 58000 $

PAFR · day 29 at 02:55 UTC · wind from 160° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 4,300 ft · overcast at 5,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.65" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1004.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

160°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

17★ HDG 170° H7 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,175'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

35 HDG 350° T7 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,378 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 +4°C

1,100FT

+722 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV378 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT647 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAPR (Prospect Creek Airport, Prospect Creek, elev 1,095 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC050

Overcast · base 5,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN043

Broken · base 4,300 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,300 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,216 ft VFR MARGIN+1,300 ft

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

14:41ZSUNRISE

22:01ZSOLAR NOON

05:20ZSUNSET

06:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:09Z (2h 46m) DAY LENGTH14h 38m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE03:33Z MOONSET18:12Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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