// Station · 4m ago

PASD

Sand Point Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 3 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,500 ft

T/Td 12.2°C / 11.7°C

ALTIM 30.11 inHg

ELEV 21 FT

55.3139°N / 160.5221°W

LOCATION · Sand Point, US

WIND

150°3 kt

PASD · 21 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/3

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN055

LAYERS

FEW012 BKN055 OVC070

T / Td

12 / 12

ALTIM

30.11"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,500 ft. Light winds at 150°/3 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, a few at 1,200 ft, broken at 5,500 ft, and overcast 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 PASD 251656Z 15003KT 10SM FEW012 BKN055 OVC070 12/12 A3011 RMK AO2 RAE01 SLP198 T01220117 PNO $

PASD · day 25 at 16:56 UTC · wind from 150° at 3 kt · visibility 10+ SM · a few clouds at 1,200 ft · broken layer at 5,500 ft · overcast at 7,000 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.11" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1019.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

150°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

13 HDG 130° —CALM —— 4,000'

31 HDG 310° —CALM —— 4,000'

Pattern altitude: 1,021 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 -3°C

-500FT

-521 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV21 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT-171 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC070

Overcast · base 7,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN055

Broken · base 5,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW012

Few · base 1,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,183 ft VFR MARGIN+2,500 ft

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

15:36ZSUNRISE

22:45ZSOLAR NOON

05:54ZSUNSET

06:34ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:00Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 54m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:34Z (13h 33m) DAY LENGTH14h 18m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE01:40Z MOONSET15:58Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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