// Station · 11m ago

PAVD

Valdez Pioneer Field

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 6,000 ft

T/Td 5°C / 5°C

ALTIM 29.81 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 · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC060

LAYERS

SCT008 SCT028 OVC060

T / Td

5 / 5

ALTIM

29.81"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 6,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility better than 10 statute miles, scattered at 800 ft, scattered at 2,800 ft, and overcast at 6,000 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 130056Z 00000KT 10SM SCT008 SCT028 OVC060 05/05 A2981 RMK AO2 RAE08 SLP093 P0000 T00500050 $

PAVD · day 13 at 00:56 UTC · winds calm · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 800 ft · scattered layer at 2,800 ft · overcast at 6,000 ft · temp 5°C / dewpoint 5°C · altimeter 29.81" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1009.3 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

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 -10°C

-900FT

-1,021 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV121 FT OAT+5°C ISA DELTA-10°C PRESSURE ALT228 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -900 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -1,021 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)

OVC060

Overcast · base 6,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

SCT028

Scattered · base 2,800 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

SCT008

Scattered · base 800 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING6,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER6,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL2,646 ft VFR MARGIN+3,000 ft

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

16:20ZSUNRISE

21:32ZSOLAR NOON

02:44ZSUNSET

03:27ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 37m VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:27Z (2h 20m) DAY LENGTH10h 23m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE17:41Z MOONSET04:05Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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