// Station · 5m ago

PATK

Talkeetna Airport

CAT IFR

WIND CALM

VIS 3.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 900 ft

T/Td 11.7°C / 11.1°C

ALTIM 29.87 inHg

WX -RA BR

ELEV 358 FT

62.3205°N / 150.0940°W

LOCATION · Talkeetna, US

WIND

000°0 kt

PATK · 358 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

3.0 SM

CEILING

BKN009

LAYERS

BKN009 OVC014

T / Td

12 / 11

ALTIM

29.87"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 900 ft. Winds calm, visibility 3.0 SM, broken at 900 ft, and overcast at 1,400 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 deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI PATK 251611Z 00000KT 3SM -RA BR BKN009 OVC014 12/11 A2987 RMK AO2 P0002 T01170111 $

PATK · day 25 at 16:11 UTC · winds calm · visibility 3.0 SM · broken layer at 900 ft · overcast at 1,400 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.87" Hg · weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

1 HDG 010° —CALM —— 3,500'

19 HDG 190° —CALM —— 3,500'

Pattern altitude: 1,358 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 -2°C

100FT

-258 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV358 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT405 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PAMD (Middleton Island Airport, Middleton Island, elev 100 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+1%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-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)

OVC014

Overcast · base 1,400 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN009

Broken · base 900 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING900 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,267 ft VFR MARGIN-2,100 ft

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

14:31ZSUNRISE

22:03ZSOLAR NOON

05:36ZSUNSET

06:28ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 19m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:28Z (14h 11m) DAY LENGTH15h 04m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE00:34Z MOONSET15:38Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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