// Station · 25m ago

PAGK

Gulkana Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 9 kt

VIS 7.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 11.7°C / 6.1°C

ALTIM 29.90 inHg

ELEV 1,586 FT

62.1559°N / 145.4547°W

LOCATION · Gulkana, US

WIND

170°9 kt

PAGK · 1,586 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/9

VIS

7.0 SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

BKN080

T / Td

12 / 6

ALTIM

29.90"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Moderate winds at 170°/9 kt, visibility 7.0 SM, broken at 8,000 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 PAGK 251553Z AUTO 17009KT 7SM BKN080 12/06 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP124 T01170061 TSNO

PAGK · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 170° at 9 kt · visibility 7.0 SM · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 6°C · altimeter 29.90" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

170°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

15★ HDG 150° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

33 HDG 330° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

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 +0°C

1,600FT

+14 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,586 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT1,604 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PASV (Sparrevohn LRRS Airport, Sparrevohn, elev 1,585 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+16%

-11%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+11%

-7%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-5%

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)

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL7,495 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

14:13ZSUNRISE

21:45ZSOLAR NOON

05:16ZSUNSET

06:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:08Z (13h 50m) DAY LENGTH15h 02m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE00:16Z MOONSET15:19Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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