// Station · 6m ago

PAIN

Denali National Park Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 020° / 5 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 4,500 ft

T/Td 7.8°C / 3.9°C

ALTIM 29.98 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 1,720 FT

63.7325°N / 148.9113°W

LOCATION · Denali Park, US

WIND

020°5 kt

PAIN · 1,720 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 20Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

020°/5

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC045

LAYERS

FEW037 OVC045

T / Td

8 / 4

ALTIM

29.98"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,500 ft. Light winds at 020°/5 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 3,700 ft, and overcast at 4,500 ft. Reported weather: -RA. 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 PAIN 302056Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM -RA FEW037 OVC045 08/04 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP170 P0002 60003 T00780039 53007 TSNO $

PAIN · day 30 at 20:56 UTC · wind from 020° at 5 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 3,700 ft · overcast at 4,500 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.98" Hg · weather: -RA · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1017.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 020° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

020°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

34★ HDG 340° H4 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

16 HDG 160° T4 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,720 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 -4°C

1,200FT

-520 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -400 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV1,720 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT1,658 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAFL (Tin Creek Airport, Farewell Lake, elev 1,151 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

OVC045

Overcast · base 4,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

FEW037

Few · base 3,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,659 ft VFR MARGIN+1,500 ft

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

12:03ZSUNRISE

21:54ZSOLAR NOON

07:45ZSUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT21:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 42m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH19h 42m

Full Moon

ILLUMINATION100% MOONRISE23:33Z MOONSET19:15Z FULL MOON IN1 day

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of PAIN.

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