// Station · 1h 30m ago · STALE

PAKT

Ketchikan International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 330° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,500 ft

T/Td 17°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.02 inHg

ELEV 89 FT

55.3556°N / 131.7140°W

LOCATION · Ketchikan, US

WIND

330°7 kt

PAKT · 89 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

330°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN055

LAYERS

SCT005 BKN055 BKN090

T / Td

17 / 16

ALTIM

30.02"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,500 ft. Light winds at 330°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 500 ft, broken at 5,500 ft, and broken at 9,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

Loading TAF forecast narrative…

SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)

// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →

// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PAKT 251853Z 33007KT 10SM SCT005 BKN055 BKN090 17/16 A3002 RMK HARBOR WIND 28010KT

PAKT · day 25 at 18:53 UTC · wind from 330° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 500 ft · broken layer at 5,500 ft · broken layer at 9,000 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.02" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 330° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

330°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

29★ HDG 290° H5 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

11 HDG 110° T5 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,089 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 +2°C

200FT

+111 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV89 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT-14 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAGH (Shungnak Airport, Shungnak, elev 197 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+2%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN090

Broken · base 9,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN055

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

SCT005

Scattered · base 500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER9,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,675 ft VFR MARGIN+2,500 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-9)

13:40ZSUNRISE

20:50ZSOLAR NOON

04:00ZSUNSET

04:40ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 36m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:40Z (8h 16m) DAY LENGTH14h 19m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE23:51Z MOONSET14:10Z FULL MOON IN2 days

// Nearest reporting stations

Loading nearest reporting stations…

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

AIRSPACE

// Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.

Get METAR Deck →