// Station · 58m ago

PATA

Ralph M Calhoun Memorial Airport

CAT —

WIND 040° / 3 kt

VIS —

CEILING OVC at 8,000 ft

T/Td 5.6°C / 1.7°C

ALTIM 29.53 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 236 FT

65.1744°N / 152.1090°W

LOCATION · Tanana, US

WIND

040°3 kt

PATA · 236 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/3

VIS

—

CEILING

OVC080

LAYERS

OVC080

T / Td

6 / 2

ALTIM

29.53"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Light winds at 040°/3 kt, visibility unreported, overcast at 8,000 ft. Reported weather: -RA. 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 PATA 270952Z AUTO 04003KT -RA OVC080 06/02 A2953 RMK AO2 RAB48 SLP001 T00560017 TSNO PNO $

PATA · day 27 at 09:52 UTC · wind from 040° at 3 kt · overcast at 8,000 ft · temp 6°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 29.53" Hg · weather: -RA · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1000.1 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

040°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 4,400'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 4,400'

Pattern altitude: 1,236 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 -8°C

-400FT

-636 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -800 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV236 FT OAT+6°C ISA DELTA-8°C PRESSURE ALT623 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PABA (Barter Island Long Range Radar Station Airport, Barter Island, elev 2 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC080

Overcast · base 8,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL3,064 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

11:59ZSUNRISE

22:07ZSOLAR NOON

08:14ZSUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT10:50Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING21h 23m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH20h 14m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE20:42Z MOONSET16:57Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

PAIM

VFR

Indian Mountain LRRS Airport · Utopia Creek

WIND: 280° / 2 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC100
DIST: 63 NM NW
AGE: 55m ago

PAMH

VFR

Minchumina Airport · Minchumina

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC060
DIST: 78 NM S
AGE: 54m ago

PANN

VFR

Nenana Municipal Airport · Nenana

WIND: 110° / 3 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 86 NM SE
AGE: 57m ago

PARY

VFR

Ruby Airport · Ruby

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: FEW120
DIST: 90 NM W
AGE: 54m ago

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