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// Station · 17m ago

PAKW

Klawock Airport
CAT
WIND CALM
VIS
CEILING OVC at 7,000 ft
T/Td 11.7°C / 8.9°C
ALTIM 29.92 inHg
ELEV 80 FT
55.5792°N / 133.0760°W
LOCATION · Klawock, US
N
WIND
000°0 kt
PAKW · 80 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 12Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
 
 
 
VIS
 
 
 
CEILING
OVC070
 
 
 
LAYERS
FEW003 SCT055 OVC070
 
 
 
T / Td
12 / 9
 
 
 
ALTIM
29.92"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility unreported, a few at 300 ft, scattered at 5,500 ft, and overcast 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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PAKW 111253Z AUTO 00000KT FEW003 SCT055 OVC070 12/09 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP132 T01170089 TSNO $

PAKW · day 11 at 12:53 UTC · winds calm · a few clouds at 300 ft · scattered layer at 5,500 ft · overcast at 7,000 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.92" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
000°calm
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
02 HDG 020° CALM 5,000'
20 HDG 200° CALM 5,000'
Pattern altitude: 1,080 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 -3°C

-300FT
-380 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT
800 100 -600
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV80 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT77 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 5,989 FT FEW003 SCT055 OVC070 · CEILING PAKW ELEV · 80 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
OVC070
Overcast · base 7,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas
SCT055
Scattered · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas
FEW003
Few · base 300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
// Computed
CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,989 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

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

12:25ZSUNRISE
20:58ZSOLAR NOON
05:32ZSUNSET
06:28ZCIVIL END
CURRENT13:10Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 21m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:28Z (17h 17m) DAY LENGTH17h 06m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE09:47Z MOONSET02:53Z FULL MOON IN18 days

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