// Station · 20m ago

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

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

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

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

// 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)

PASO

VFR

Seldovia Airport · Seldovia

WIND: 170° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC085
DIST: 14 NM SW
AGE: 20m ago

PASX

VFR

Soldotna Airport · Soldotna

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 52 NM N
AGE: 17m ago

PAEN

VFR

Kenai Municipal Airport · Kenai

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 56 NM N
AGE: 20m ago

PAWD

LIFR

Seward Airport · Seward

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC004
DIST: 69 NM NE
AGE: 20m ago

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