// Station · 6m ago

PARS

Russian Mission Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,000 ft

T/Td 8.9°C / 8.3°C

ALTIM 29.78 inHg

ELEV 51 FT

61.7751°N / 161.3195°W

LOCATION · Russian Mission, US

WIND

270°9 kt

PARS · 51 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN070

LAYERS

FEW055 BKN070

T / Td

9 / 8

ALTIM

29.78"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Moderate winds at 270°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 5,500 ft, and broken at 7,000 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 PARS 251656Z AUTO 27009KT 10SM FEW055 BKN070 09/08 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP087 T00890083 $

PARS · day 25 at 16:56 UTC · wind from 270° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 5,500 ft · broken layer at 7,000 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.78" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.7 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 9 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 3 CAUTION

WIND

270°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

35★ HDG 350° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,600'

18W HDG 180° H0 kt X9 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

36W HDG 360° H0 kt X9 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

17 HDG 170° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,051 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

-500FT

-551 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV51 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT190 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN070

Broken · base 7,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW055

Few · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL4,546 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

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

15:19ZSUNRISE

22:48ZSOLAR NOON

06:18ZSUNSET

07:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 16m VFR NIGHT BEGINS07:09Z (14h 07m) DAY LENGTH14h 59m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE01:23Z MOONSET16:22Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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