// Station · 5m ago

PAIW

Wales Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 070° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 2,200 ft

T/Td 3.9°C / 2.8°C

ALTIM 29.49 inHg

ELEV 22 FT

65.6226°N / 168.0950°W

LOCATION · Wales, US

WIND

070°7 kt

PAIW · 22 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC022

LAYERS

FEW009 OVC022

T / Td

4 / 3

ALTIM

29.49"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,200 ft. Light winds at 070°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 900 ft, and overcast at 2,200 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PAIW 130156Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM FEW009 OVC022 04/03 A2949 RMK AO2 SLP986 T00390028

PAIW · day 13 at 01:56 UTC · wind from 070° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 900 ft · overcast at 2,200 ft · temp 4°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 29.49" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 998.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

070°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

36★ HDG 360° H2 kt X7 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,990'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

18 HDG 180° T2 kt X7 kt LEFT —

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 -10°C

-800FT

-822 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV22 FT OAT+4°C ISA DELTA-10°C PRESSURE ALT450 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -800 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -822 ft above PAIW's actual elevation.

// 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC022

Overcast · base 2,200 ft AGL · 8 oktas

FEW009

Few · base 900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL1,992 ft VFR MARGIN-800 ft

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

17:59ZSUNRISE

22:59ZSOLAR NOON

04:00ZSUNSET

04:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:01Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 59m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:51Z (2h 50m) DAY LENGTH10h 01m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE19:22Z MOONSET05:23Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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