// Station · 25m ago

PATK

Talkeetna Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 5,500 ft

T/Td 12.8°C / 11.7°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

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 · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC055

LAYERS

OVC055

T / Td

13 / 12

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,500 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 5,500 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 PATK 111353Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC055 13/12 A2977 RMK AO2 RAB22E36 SLP083 P0000 T01280117 TSNO $

PATK · day 11 at 13:53 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 5,500 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1008.3 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 -1°C

400FT

+42 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +900 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV358 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT506 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PANU (Nulato Airport, Nulato, elev 399 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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)

OVC055

Overcast · base 5,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,823 ft VFR MARGIN+2,500 ft

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

12:31ZSUNRISE

22:06ZSOLAR NOON

07:42ZSUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT14:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 23m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH19h 10m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE09:55Z MOONSET05:06Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 3 shown · 60 NM radius

PAWS

VFR

Wasilla Airport · Wasilla

WIND: CALM
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 48 NM S
AGE: 22m ago

PAAQ

VFR

Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport · Palmer

WIND: 350° / 6 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 52 NM SE
AGE: 25m ago

PABV

VFR

Birchwood Airport · Birchwood

WIND: 120° / 4 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 57 NM S
AGE: 22m ago

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