// Station · 15m ago

PARC

Arctic Village Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 020° / 6 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 15°C / 9.4°C

ALTIM 29.73 inHg

ELEV 2,092 FT

68.1147°N / 145.5790°W

LOCATION · Arctic Village, US

WIND

020°6 kt

PARC · 2,092 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

020°/6

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW110

T / Td

15 / 9

ALTIM

29.73"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 020°/6 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and a few at 11,000 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 PARC 111556Z AUTO 02006KT 10SM FEW110 15/09 A2973 RMK AO2 SLP085 T01500094 TSNO

PARC · day 11 at 15:56 UTC · wind from 020° at 6 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 11,000 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.73" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 020° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

020°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

02★ HDG 020° H6 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 4,500'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

20 HDG 200° T6 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 3,092 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 +5°C

2,800FT

+708 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV2,092 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT2,278 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PASP (Sheep Mountain Airport, Sheep Mountain, elev 2,750 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+28%

-20%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+20%

-13%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+11%

-8%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW110

Few · base 11,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER11,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL9,668 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

// 24h DAYLIGHT — sun does not set at this latitude on this date

—SUNRISE

21:48ZSOLAR NOON

—SUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT16:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH24h

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE— MOONSET— FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 1 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

PFYU

VFR

Fort Yukon Airport · Fort Yukon

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW110
DIST: 93 NM S
AGE: 15m ago

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