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// Station · 48m ago

PAFS

Nikolai Airport
CAT VFR
WIND VRB / 3 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING BKN at 12,000 ft
T/Td — / —
ALTIM 29.53 inHg
ELEV 441 FT
63.0179°N / 154.3604°W
LOCATION · Nikolai, US
N
WIND
VRB3 kt
PAFS · 441 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 10Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
VRB/3
 
 
 
VIS
10+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
BKN120
 
 
 
LAYERS
BKN120
 
 
 
T / Td
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.53"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 12,000 ft. Light winds at variable/3 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 12,000 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 PAFS 271001Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM BKN120 A2953 RMK AO2 SLPNO FZRANO $

PAFS · day 27 at 10:01 UTC · wind variable at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 12,000 ft · altimeter 29.53" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 3 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
VRB3 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
04 HDG 040° CALM 4,003'
22 HDG 220° CALM 4,003'
Pattern altitude: 1,441 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

Density altitude needs current temperature + altimeter + field elevation — one or more is unavailable for PAFS.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k BKN120 · CEILING PAFS ELEV · 441 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
BKN120
Broken · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas
// Computed
CEILING12,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL VFR MARGIN+9,000 ft

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

12:42ZSUNRISE
22:16ZSOLAR NOON
07:49ZSUNSET
CIVIL END
CURRENT10:49Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING21h 00m VFR NIGHT BEGINS DAY LENGTH19h 06m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE21:25Z MOONSET16:31Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 150 NM (sparse area)

// Area map · 120 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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