// Station · 7m ago

PAPH

Port Heiden Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 7.8°C / 3.9°C

ALTIM 29.64 inHg

ELEV 95 FT

56.9579°N / 158.6302°W

LOCATION · Port Heiden, US

WIND

270°9 kt

PAPH · 95 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW050

T / Td

8 / 4

ALTIM

29.64"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 270°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 5,000 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 PAPH 130056Z AUTO 27009KT 10SM FEW050 08/04 A2964 RMK AO2 SLP037 T00780039

PAPH · day 13 at 00:56 UTC · wind from 270° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.64" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1003.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 9 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

270°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

23★ HDG 230° H7 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,000'

31 HDG 310° H7 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 67%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

05 HDG 050° T7 kt X6 kt LEFT —

13 HDG 130° T7 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,095 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 -6°C

-400FT

-495 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV95 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT373 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 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)

FEW050

Few · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL4,034 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

17:02ZSUNRISE

22:22ZSOLAR NOON

03:41ZSUNSET

04:20ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:20Z (3h 16m) DAY LENGTH10h 39m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE18:23Z MOONSET05:02Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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