// Station · 37m ago

PALP

Alpine Airstrip

CAT IFR

WIND 350° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 600 ft

T/Td 4°C / 2°C

ALTIM 29.39 inHg

WX -DZ

ELEV 18 FT

70.3443°N / 150.9450°W

LOCATION · Nuiqsut, US

WIND

350°6 kt

PALP · 18 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN006

LAYERS

BKN006 OVC047

T / Td

4 / 2

ALTIM

29.39"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 600 ft. Light winds at 350°/6 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 600 ft, and overcast at 4,700 ft. Reported weather: light drizzle (-DZ). Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PALP 290245Z 35006KT 10SM -DZ BKN006 OVC047 04/02 A2939

PALP · day 29 at 02:45 UTC · wind from 350° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 600 ft · overcast at 4,700 ft · temp 4°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 29.39" Hg · weather: light drizzle (-DZ)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

350°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

04★ HDG 040° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,005'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

22 HDG 220° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,018 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 -10°C

-600FT

-618 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV18 FT OAT+4°C ISA DELTA-10°C PRESSURE ALT547 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCLR (Cliff Hatfield Memorial Airport, Calipatria, elev -182 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)

OVC047

Overcast · base 4,700 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN006

Broken · base 600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL2,038 ft VFR MARGIN-2,400 ft

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

14:01ZSUNRISE

22:06ZSOLAR NOON

06:11ZSUNSET

07:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT03:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 49m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:35Z (4h 13m) DAY LENGTH16h 09m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE02:52Z MOONSET19:02Z FULL MOON IN28 days

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