// Station · 7m ago

PAPM

Platinum Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 13 kt

VIS 6.0 SM

CEILING OVC at 3,700 ft

T/Td 5.6°C / 3.9°C

ALTIM 29.53 inHg

WX -RA BR

ELEV 15 FT

59.0177°N / 161.8279°W

LOCATION · Platinum, US

WIND

220°13 kt

PAPM · 15 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/13

VIS

6.0 SM

CEILING

OVC037

LAYERS

SCT025 OVC037

T / Td

6 / 4

ALTIM

29.53"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,700 ft. Brisk winds at 220°/13 kt, visibility 6.0 SM, scattered at 2,500 ft, and overcast at 3,700 ft. Reported weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. 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 PAPM 130056Z AUTO 22013KT 6SM -RA BR SCT025 OVC037 06/04 A2953 RMK AO2 SLP003 T00560039 TSNO PNO $

PAPM · day 13 at 00:56 UTC · wind from 220° at 13 kt · visibility 6.0 SM · scattered layer at 2,500 ft · overcast at 3,700 ft · temp 6°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.53" Hg · weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1000.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 13 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

220°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H2 kt X13 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T2 kt X13 kt LEFT —

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 -9°C

-600FT

-615 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV15 FT OAT+6°C ISA DELTA-9°C PRESSURE ALT402 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)

OVC037

Overcast · base 3,700 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT025

Scattered · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,700 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL2,843 ft VFR MARGIN+700 ft

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

17:18ZSUNRISE

22:34ZSOLAR NOON

03:50ZSUNSET

04:31ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 46m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:31Z (3h 27m) DAY LENGTH10h 31m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE18:39Z MOONSET05:11Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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