// Station · 23m ago

PAKN

King Salmon Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 210° / 11 kt

VIS 3.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 400 ft

T/Td 11.1°C / 11.1°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 73 FT

58.6778°N / 156.6520°W

LOCATION · King Salmon, US

WIND

210°11 kt

PAKN · 73 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/11

VIS

3.0 SM

CEILING

OVC004

LAYERS

OVC004

T / Td

11 / 11

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 400 ft. Moderate winds at 210°/11 kt, visibility 3.0 SM, overcast at 400 ft. Reported weather: mist (BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PAKN 251554Z 21011KT 3SM BR OVC004 11/11 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP128 T01110111 $

PAKN · day 25 at 15:54 UTC · wind from 210° at 11 kt · visibility 3.0 SM · overcast at 400 ft · temp 11°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg · weather: mist (BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1012.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 11 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

210°11 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

18★ HDG 180° H10 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,017'

12 HDG 120° H0 kt X11 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

30 HDG 300° H0 kt X11 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

36 HDG 360° T10 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,073 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

-400FT

-473 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV73 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT79 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)

OVC004

Overcast · base 400 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING400 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,679 ft VFR MARGIN-2,600 ft

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

15:11ZSUNRISE

22:30ZSOLAR NOON

05:49ZSUNSET

06:33ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:33Z (14h 15m) DAY LENGTH14h 37m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE01:13Z MOONSET15:51Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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