// Station · 58m ago
PATK
Talkeetna Airport
CAT VFR
WIND CALM
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 5°C / 2.2°C
ALTIM 29.66 inHg
ELEV 358 FT
62.3205°N / 150.0940°W
LOCATION · Talkeetna, US
WIND
000°0 kt
PATK · 358 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 09Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
CALM
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
—
LAYERS
SCT120
T / Td
5 / 2
ALTIM
29.66"
// Interpretation
VFR with winds calm. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 12,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR PATK 270953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT120 05/02 A2966 RMK AO2 SLP046 T00500022 TSNO $
PATK · day 27 at 09:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 12,000 ft · temp 5°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 29.66" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1004.6 mb
// 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 -9°C
-400FT
-758 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↗ +0 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV358 FT
OAT+5°C
ISA DELTA-9°C
PRESSURE ALT615 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
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-10)
12:34ZSUNRISE
21:59ZSOLAR NOON
07:23ZSUNSET
09:21ZCIVIL END
CURRENT10:51Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING20h 32m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:21Z (22h 29m)
DAY LENGTH18h 48m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83%
MOONRISE21:17Z
MOONSET16:06Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)
PAWS
VFR
Wasilla Airport · Wasilla
- WIND
- CALM
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN085
- DIST
- 48 NM S
- AGE
- 55m ago
PAAQ
VFR
Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport · Palmer
- WIND
- 120° / 11 ktG15
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN120
- DIST
- 52 NM SE
- AGE
- 58m ago
PABV
VFR
Birchwood Airport · Birchwood
- WIND
- 220° / 3 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- OVC095
- DIST
- 57 NM S
- AGE
- 55m ago
PAED
VFR
Elmendorf Air Force Base · Anchorage
- WIND
- 040° / 11 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- OVC090
- DIST
- 65 NM S
- AGE
- 56m ago
PAMR
VFR
Merrill Field · Anchorage
- WIND
- 310° / 5 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- OVC090
- DIST
- 67 NM S
- AGE
- 58m ago
// Area map · 80 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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