// Station · 54m ago

PAIK

Bob Baker Memorial Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 4 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 9.4°C / 1.1°C

ALTIM 29.58 inHg

ELEV 166 FT

66.9761°N / 160.4390°W

LOCATION · Kiana, US

WIND

160°4 kt

PAIK · 166 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 08Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/4

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT070

T / Td

9 / 1

ALTIM

29.58"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 160°/4 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 7,000 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 PAIK 270856Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM SCT070 09/01 A2958 RMK AO2 SLP016 T00940011 401610044 53018

PAIK · day 27 at 08:56 UTC · wind from 160° at 4 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 7,000 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 29.58" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1001.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

160°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 4,000'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 4,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,166 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 -5°C

-0FT

-166 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV166 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-5°C PRESSURE ALT503 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PABA (Barter Island Long Range Radar Station Airport, Barter Island, elev 2 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT070

Scattered · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL4,913 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

11:51ZSUNRISE

22:40ZSOLAR NOON

09:28ZSUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT09:50Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH21h 36m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION82% MOONRISE20:32Z MOONSET18:09Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

PFNO

VFR

Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport · Noorvik

WIND: 070° / 4 kt
VIS: 9.0 SM
CEILING: SCT075
DIST: 17 NM SW
AGE: 54m ago

PASK

VFR

Selawik Airport · Selawik

WIND: 060° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN055
DIST: 25 NM SE
AGE: 54m ago

PAOT

VFR

Ralph Wien Memorial Airport · Kotzebue

WIND: 200° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 51 NM W
AGE: 57m ago

PAFM

VFR

Ambler Airport · Ambler

WIND: 040° / 10 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC095
DIST: 61 NM E
AGE: 54m ago

PABL

VFR

Buckland Airport · Buckland

WIND: 010° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 62 NM S
AGE: 54m ago

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