// Station · 8m ago

PAHC

Holy Cross Airport

CAT IFR

WIND VRB / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 900 ft

T/Td 13°C / 13°C

ALTIM 29.52 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 70 FT

62.1883°N / 159.7750°W

LOCATION · Holy Cross, US

WIND

VRB5 kt

PAHC · 70 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN009

LAYERS

BKN009 OVC016

T / Td

13 / 13

ALTIM

29.52"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 900 ft. Light winds at variable/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 900 ft, and overcast at 1,600 ft. Reported weather: -RA. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI PAHC 111408Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM -RA BKN009 OVC016 13/13 A2952 RMK AO2 CIG 006V013 P0000

PAHC · day 11 at 14:08 UTC · wind variable at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 900 ft · overcast at 1,600 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.52" Hg · weather: -RA · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 5 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

02 HDG 020° —CALM —— 4,000'

20 HDG 200° —CALM —— 4,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,070 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 -1°C

300FT

+230 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +800 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV70 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT469 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAHU (Hughes Airport, Hughes, elev 299 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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)

OVC016

Overcast · base 1,600 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN009

Broken · base 900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,636 ft VFR MARGIN-2,100 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-11)

13:12ZSUNRISE

22:45ZSOLAR NOON

08:19ZSUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT14:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING18h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH19h 06m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE10:36Z MOONSET05:43Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius

PANV

MVFR

Anvik Airport · Anvik

WIND: 110° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN011
DIST: 30 NM NW
AGE: 20m ago

PAHX

VFR

Shageluk Airport · Shageluk

WIND: 180° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN048
DIST: 31 NM N
AGE: 14m ago

PANI

MVFR

Aniak Airport · Aniak

WIND: 210° / 10 kt
VIS: 7.0 SM
CEILING: BKN011
DIST: 37 NM S
AGE: 6m ago

PALG

IFR

Kalskag Airport · Kalskag

WIND: 230° / 5 kt
VIS: 8.0 SM
CEILING: BKN008
DIST: 42 NM SW
AGE: 20m ago

PARS

IFR

Russian Mission Airport · Russian Mission

WIND: 210° / 4 kt
VIS: 4.0 SM
CEILING: BKN006
DIST: 50 NM SW
AGE: 20m ago

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