// Station · 22m ago

PAIW

Wales Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 16 kt G21

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 6,500 ft

T/Td 8.9°C / 6.7°C

ALTIM 29.69 inHg

ELEV 22 FT

65.6226°N / 168.0950°W

LOCATION · Wales, US

WIND

170°16 kt

PAIW · 22 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/16G21

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC065

LAYERS

OVC065

T / Td

9 / 7

ALTIM

29.69"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,500 ft. Brisk winds at 170°/16 kt, gusting 21, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 6,500 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 PAIW 251556Z AUTO 17016G21KT 10SM OVC065 09/07 A2969 RMK AO2 SLP052 T00890067 PNO $

PAIW · day 25 at 15:56 UTC · wind from 170° at 16 kt, gusts to 21 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 6,500 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.69" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1005.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 16 ktG21

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

170°16G21 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

18★ HDG 180° H16 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,990'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

36 HDG 360° T16 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,022 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 -6°C

-400FT

-422 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV22 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT250 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAEL (Elfin Cove Seaplane Base, Elfin Cove, elev 0 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

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. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC065

Overcast · base 6,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL4,517 ft VFR MARGIN+3,500 ft

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

15:28ZSUNRISE

23:15ZSOLAR NOON

07:03ZSUNSET

08:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 44m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:05Z (15h 46m) DAY LENGTH15h 34m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE01:31Z MOONSET17:05Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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