// Station · 14m ago

PAKN

King Salmon Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,500 ft

T/Td 6.7°C / 3.3°C

ALTIM 29.58 inHg

ELEV 73 FT

58.6778°N / 156.6520°W

LOCATION · King Salmon, US

WIND

180°6 kt

PAKN · 73 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN055

LAYERS

SCT044 BKN055

T / Td

7 / 3

ALTIM

29.58"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,500 ft. Light winds at 180°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 4,400 ft, and broken at 5,500 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 PAKN 130054Z 18006KT 10SM SCT044 BKN055 07/03 A2958 RMK AO2 SLP017 T00670033 $

PAKN · day 13 at 00:54 UTC · wind from 180° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,400 ft · broken layer at 5,500 ft · temp 7°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 29.58" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1001.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 6 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

180°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

18★ HDG 180° H6 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 4,017'

12 HDG 120° H3 kt X5 kt RIGHT 8,901'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

30 HDG 300° T3 kt X5 kt LEFT —

36 HDG 360° T6 kt X0 kt — —

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 -7°C

-500FT

-573 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV73 FT OAT+7°C ISA DELTA-7°C PRESSURE ALT410 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN055

Broken · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT044

Scattered · base 4,400 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL3,457 ft VFR MARGIN+2,500 ft

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

16:57ZSUNRISE

22:14ZSOLAR NOON

03:30ZSUNSET

04:11ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:11Z (3h 02m) DAY LENGTH10h 33m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE18:18Z MOONSET04:51Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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