// Station · 16m ago

PAFR

Bryant Army Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 16 kt

VIS 9.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 9,000 ft

T/Td 16°C / 6°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

ELEV 378 FT

61.2664°N / 149.6530°W

LOCATION · Fort Richardson, US

WIND

170°16 kt

PAFR · 378 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/16

VIS

9.0 SM

CEILING

OVC090

LAYERS

SCT075 OVC090

T / Td

16 / 6

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 9,000 ft. Brisk winds at 170°/16 kt, visibility 9.0 SM, scattered at 7,500 ft, and overcast at 9,000 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

SPECI PAFR 150044Z AUTO 17016KT 9SM SCT075 OVC090 16/06 A2983 RMK AO2 WSHFT 42 SLP103 $

PAFR · day 15 at 00:44 UTC · wind from 170° at 16 kt · visibility 9.0 SM · scattered layer at 7,500 ft · overcast at 9,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1010.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 16 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

170°16 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

17★ HDG 170° H16 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 4,175'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

35 HDG 350° T16 kt X0 kt — —

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 +2°C

700FT

+322 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

FIELD ELEV378 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT467 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAMH (Minchumina Airport, Minchumina, elev 678 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+7%

-5%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+5%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC090

Overcast · base 9,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT075

Scattered · base 7,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING9,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,459 ft VFR MARGIN+6,000 ft

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

12:49ZSUNRISE

22:05ZSOLAR NOON

07:22ZSUNSET

08:58ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 21m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:58Z (7h 58m) DAY LENGTH18h 33m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE13:01Z MOONSET07:34Z FULL MOON IN15 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of PAFR.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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