// Station · 22m ago

PANC

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 13 kt G29

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 3,200 ft

T/Td 15°C / 8.9°C

ALTIM 29.87 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 152 FT

61.1790°N / 149.9926°W

LOCATION · Anchorage, US

WIND

150°13 kt

PANC · 152 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/13G29

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC032

LAYERS

OVC032

T / Td

15 / 9

ALTIM

29.87"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,200 ft. Brisk winds at 150°/13 kt, gusting 29, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 3,200 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). 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 PANC 251553Z 15013G29KT 10SM -RA OVC032 15/09 A2987 RMK AO2 PK WND 14029/1545 RAB07 SLP114 P0000 T01500089

PANC · day 25 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 150° at 13 kt, gusts to 29 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 3,200 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.87" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.4 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 13 ktG29

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

150°13G29 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

15★ HDG 150° H13 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 10,865'

07L HDG 070° H2 kt X13 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 45%

07R HDG 070° H2 kt X13 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 45%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

25R HDG 250° T2 kt X13 kt LEFT —

25L HDG 250° T2 kt X13 kt LEFT —

33 HDG 330° T13 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,152 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 +0°C

200FT

+48 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV152 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT199 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 ENHANCED

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC032

Overcast · base 3,200 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,728 ft VFR MARGIN+200 ft

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

14:35ZSUNRISE

22:03ZSOLAR NOON

05:31ZSUNSET

06:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 15m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:20Z (14h 04m) DAY LENGTH14h 55m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE00:38Z MOONSET15:33Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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