// Station · 21m ago

PAVD

Valdez Pioneer Field

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,000 ft

T/Td 10°C / 10°C

ALTIM 30.08 inHg

ELEV 121 FT

61.1327°N / 146.2466°W

LOCATION · Valdez, US

WIND

000°0 kt

PAVD · 121 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN050

LAYERS

SCT030 BKN050 BKN065

T / Td

10 / 10

ALTIM

30.08"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 3,000 ft, broken at 5,000 ft, and broken at 6,500 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 PAVD 251556Z 00000KT 10SM SCT030 BKN050 BKN065 10/10 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP184 T01000100 $

PAVD · day 25 at 15:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 3,000 ft · broken layer at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 6,500 ft · temp 10°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 30.08" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1018.4 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

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 6,500'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 6,500'

Pattern altitude: 1,121 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 -5°C

-700FT

-821 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV121 FT OAT+10°C ISA DELTA-5°C PRESSURE ALT-41 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -700 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -821 ft above PAVD's actual elevation.

// 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)

BKN065

Broken · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN050

Broken · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT030

Scattered · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING5,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,172 ft VFR MARGIN+2,000 ft

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

14:21ZSUNRISE

21:48ZSOLAR NOON

05:16ZSUNSET

06:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:05Z (13h 47m) DAY LENGTH14h 54m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE00:23Z MOONSET15:18Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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