// Station · 18m ago
PAKT
Ketchikan International Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING BKN at 7,000 ft
T/Td 11.1°C / 10°C
ALTIM 29.95 inHg
ELEV 89 FT
55.3556°N / 131.7140°W
LOCATION · Ketchikan, US
WIND
000°0 kt
PAKT · 89 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 14Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
BKN070
LAYERS
BKN070
T / Td
11 / 10
ALTIM
29.95"
// Interpretation
VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 7,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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SPECI PAKT 111400Z 00000KT 10SM BKN070 11/10 A2995 RMK AO2 HARBOR WIND 11005KT T01110100 $
PAKT · day 11 at 14:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 7,000 ft · temp 11°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.95" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS
2 ends
11
HDG 110°
—CALM
——
7,500'
29
HDG 290°
—CALM
——
7,500'
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 -4°C
-400FT
-489 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +0 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV89 FT
OAT+11°C
ISA DELTA-4°C
PRESSURE ALT57 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-9)
12:21ZSUNRISE
20:53ZSOLAR NOON
05:25ZSUNSET
06:20ZCIVIL END
CURRENT14:18Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 06m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:20Z (16h 01m)
DAY LENGTH17h 03m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE09:45Z
MOONSET02:49Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)
PAMM
VFR
Metlakatla Seaplane Base · Metlakatla
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW009
- DIST
- 14 NM S
- AGE
- 4m ago
PAHY
LIFR
Hydaburg Seaplane Base · Hydaburg
- WIND
- 110° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 0.25 SM
- CEILING
- OVC003
- DIST
- 39 NM W
- AGE
- 3m ago
PAKW
LIFR
Klawock Airport · Klawock
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- —
- CEILING
- OVC004
- DIST
- 48 NM W
- AGE
- 25m ago
CZST
VFR
Stewart Airport · Stewart
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- OVC050
- DIST
- 68 NM NE
- AGE
- 18m ago
PAWG
VFR
Wrangell Airport · Wrangell
- WIND
- 300° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN080
- DIST
- 71 NM N
- AGE
- 22m ago
// Area map · 80 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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