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PAHO

Homer Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 9.0 SM
CEILING OVC at 9,000 ft
T/Td 14.4°C / 10°C
ALTIM 29.78 inHg
ELEV 84 FT
59.6445°N / 151.4792°W
LOCATION · Homer, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
PAHO · 84 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 15Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
9.0 SM
 
 
 
CEILING
OVC090
 
 
 
LAYERS
FEW060 OVC090
 
 
 
T / Td
14 / 10
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.78"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 9,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility 9.0 SM, a few at 6,000 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

METAR PAHO 111553Z 00000KT 9SM FEW060 OVC090 14/10 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP086 T01440100 $

PAHO · day 11 at 15:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 9.0 SM · a few clouds at 6,000 ft · overcast at 9,000 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.78" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
04 HDG 040° CALM 6,701'
22 HDG 220° CALM 6,701'
Pattern altitude: 1,084 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

200FT
+116 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +300 FT
800 250 -300
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV84 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT223 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAGH (Shungnak Airport, Shungnak, elev 197 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+2%
-1%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+1%
-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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 7,357 FT FEW060 OVC090 · CEILING PAHO ELEV · 84 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC090
Overcast · base 9,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas
FEW060
Few · base 6,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
// Computed
CEILING9,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,357 ft VFR MARGIN+6,000 ft

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

13:07ZSUNRISE
22:12ZSOLAR NOON
07:17ZSUNSET
08:37ZCIVIL END
CURRENT16:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 04m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:37Z (16h 24m) DAY LENGTH18h 10m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE10:35Z MOONSET04:45Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

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