// Station · 14m ago

PAGK

Gulkana Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 140° / 12 kt G20

VIS 0.50 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 7.2°C / -3.3°C

ALTIM 29.66 inHg

WX HZ

ELEV 1,586 FT

62.1559°N / 145.4547°W

LOCATION · Gulkana, US

WIND

140°12 kt

PAGK · 1,586 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/12G20

VIS

0.50 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW120

T / Td

7 / -3

ALTIM

29.66"

// Interpretation

LIFR — visibility 0.50 SM. Moderate winds at 140°/12 kt, gusting 20, visibility 0.50 SM, a few at 12,000 ft. Reported weather: haze (HZ). Haze is fine dust, salt, or pollution particles suspended in dry air — it reduces visibility and washes out contrast, a dry particulate obscuration rather than a moisture one. Note that automated stations can't chemically tell smoke from haze — during a regional smoke event, this may in fact be drifting wildfire smoke reported as haze. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PAGK 130053Z AUTO 14012G20KT 1/2SM HZ FEW120 07/M03 A2966 RMK AO2 SLP061 T00721033 TSNO $

PAGK · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 140° at 12 kt, gusts to 20 kt · visibility 0.50 SM · a few clouds at 12,000 ft · temp 7°C / dewpoint -3°C · altimeter 29.66" Hg · weather: haze (HZ) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1006.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 12 ktG20

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

140°12G20 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

15★ HDG 150° H12 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

33 HDG 330° T12 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,586 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

1,300FT

-286 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,586 FT OAT+7°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT1,843 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PABI (Allen Army Airfield, Delta Junction Ft Greely, elev 1,291 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW120

Few · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL5,222 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

16:19ZSUNRISE

21:29ZSOLAR NOON

02:39ZSUNSET

03:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:24Z (2h 16m) DAY LENGTH10h 19m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE17:40Z MOONSET04:00Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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