// Station · 12m ago

PAOT

Ralph Wien Memorial Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 110° / 14 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 4,900 ft

T/Td 2.8°C / 1.1°C

ALTIM 29.52 inHg

ELEV 14 FT

66.8847°N / 162.5990°W

LOCATION · Kotzebue, US

WIND

110°14 kt

PAOT · 14 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

110°/14

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC049

LAYERS

OVC049

T / Td

3 / 1

ALTIM

29.52"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,900 ft. Brisk winds at 110°/14 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 4,900 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 PAOT 130053Z AUTO 11014KT 10SM OVC049 03/01 A2952 RMK AO2 SLP996 T00280011 TSNO

PAOT · day 13 at 00:53 UTC · wind from 110° at 14 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 4,900 ft · temp 3°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 29.52" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 999.6 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 110° @ 14 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

110°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

09★ HDG 090° H13 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,300'

17 HDG 170° H7 kt X12 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 86%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35 HDG 350° T7 kt X12 kt RIGHT —

27 HDG 270° T13 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,014 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 -11°C

-1,000FT

-1,014 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV14 FT OAT+3°C ISA DELTA-11°C PRESSURE ALT413 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -1,000 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -1,014 ft above PAOT's actual elevation.

// 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC049

Overcast · base 4,900 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL1,428 ft VFR MARGIN+1,900 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-11)

17:40ZSUNRISE

22:37ZSOLAR NOON

03:35ZSUNSET

04:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 29m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:28Z (3h 23m) DAY LENGTH9h 54m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE19:01Z MOONSET04:55Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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