// Station · 4m ago

PAPM

Platinum Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 260° / 13 kt

VIS 1.5 SM

CEILING OVC at 400 ft

T/Td 10.6°C / 10.6°C

ALTIM 29.93 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 15 FT

59.0177°N / 161.8279°W

LOCATION · Platinum, US

WIND

260°13 kt

PAPM · 15 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/13

VIS

1.5 SM

CEILING

OVC004

LAYERS

OVC004

T / Td

11 / 11

ALTIM

29.93"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 400 ft. Brisk winds at 260°/13 kt, visibility 1.5 SM, overcast at 400 ft. Reported weather: mist (BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR PAPM 251656Z AUTO 26013KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC004 11/11 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP138 T01060106 TSNO PNO $

PAPM · day 25 at 16:56 UTC · wind from 260° at 13 kt · visibility 1.5 SM · overcast at 400 ft · temp 11°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · weather: mist (BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 13 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

260°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

32★ HDG 320° H7 kt X11 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

14 HDG 140° T6 kt X11 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,015 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 -4°C

-500FT

-515 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV15 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT3 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)

OVC004

Overcast · base 400 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING400 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,369 ft VFR MARGIN-2,600 ft

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

15:30ZSUNRISE

22:50ZSOLAR NOON

06:10ZSUNSET

06:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 09m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:56Z (13h 55m) DAY LENGTH14h 40m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE01:34Z MOONSET16:14Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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