// Station · 9m ago
PAIW
Wales Airport
CAT LIFR
WIND 050° / 14 kt
VIS 7.0 SM
CEILING OVC at 400 ft
T/Td 8.9°C / —
ALTIM 29.60 inHg
ELEV 22 FT
65.6226°N / 168.0950°W
LOCATION · Wales, US
WIND
050°14 kt
PAIW · 22 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 13Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
050°/14
VIS
7.0 SM
CEILING
OVC004
LAYERS
OVC004
T / Td
—
ALTIM
29.60"
// Interpretation
LIFR — ceiling 400 ft. Brisk winds at 050°/14 kt, visibility 7.0 SM, overcast at 400 ft. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.
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METAR PAIW 111356Z AUTO 05014KT 7SM OVC004 09/ A2960 RMK AO2 SLP023 P0001 T0089
PAIW · day 11 at 13:56 UTC · wind from 050° at 14 kt · visibility 7.0 SM · overcast at 400 ft · altimeter 29.60" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1002.3 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 050° @ 14 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
WIND
050°14 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
1 usable
36★
HDG 360°
H9 kt
X11 kt RIGHT
PRIMARY · 3,990'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
1 ends
18
HDG 180°
T9 kt
X11 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 -5°C
-300FT
-322 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +700 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV22 FT
OAT+9°C
ISA DELTA-5°C
PRESSURE ALT338 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
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
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-11)
12:43ZSUNRISE
23:18ZSOLAR NOON
09:54ZSUNSET
—CIVIL END
CURRENT14:05Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING19h 48m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS—
DAY LENGTH21h 10m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE10:07Z
MOONSET07:17Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)
PFKT
VFR
Brevig Mission Airport · Brevig Mission
- WIND
- 060° / 12 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN070
- DIST
- 44 NM SE
- AGE
- 9m ago
PATE
VFR
Teller Airport · Teller
- WIND
- 070° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN060
- DIST
- 49 NM SE
- AGE
- 9m ago
PASH
VFR
Shishmaref Airport · Shishmaref
- WIND
- 020° / 13 kt
- VIS
- 9.0 SM
- CEILING
- OVC075
- DIST
- 62 NM NE
- AGE
- 9m ago
PAOM
VFR
→
IFR
00Z
Nome Airport · Nome
- WIND
- 020° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 9.0 SM
- CEILING
- OVC036
- DIST
- 95 NM SE
- AGE
- 12m ago
// Area map · 100 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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