// Station · 20m ago

PAVL

Kivalina Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 040° / 9 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING OVC at 10,000 ft

T/Td 12.8°C / 9.4°C

ALTIM 29.60 inHg

ELEV 13 FT

67.7346°N / 164.5599°W

LOCATION · Kivalina, US

WIND

040°9 kt

PAVL · 13 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/9

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

OVC100

LAYERS

OVC100

T / Td

13 / 9

ALTIM

29.60"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Moderate winds at 040°/9 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, overcast at 10,000 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 PAVL 111553Z AUTO 04009KT 10SM OVC100 13/09 A2960 RMK AO2 SLP025 T01280094 TSNO $

PAVL · day 11 at 15:53 UTC · wind from 040° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.60" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1002.5 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

040°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

12★ HDG 120° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 3,000'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

30 HDG 300° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,013 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

+87 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +1,000 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV13 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT329 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 MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC100

Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,478 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-11)

// 24h DAYLIGHT — sun does not set at this latitude on this date

—SUNRISE

23:04ZSOLAR NOON

—SUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT16:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH24h

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE— MOONSET— FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 100 NM (sparse area)

PAWN

VFR

Noatak Airport · Noatak

WIND: 360° / 5 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC070
DIST: 38 NM E
AGE: 17m ago

PADG

VFR

Red Dog Airport · Red Dog

WIND: 010° / 7 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC100
DIST: 42 NM NE
AGE: 22m ago

PAPO

VFR

Point Hope Airport · Point Hope

WIND: 360° / 10 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: CLR
DIST: 62 NM NW
AGE: 17m ago

PAOT

VFR

Ralph Wien Memorial Airport · Kotzebue

WIND: 030° / 8 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC085
DIST: 68 NM SE
AGE: 20m ago

PALU

VFR

Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport · Cape Lisburne

WIND: 110° / 8 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN130
DIST: 77 NM NW
AGE: 28m ago

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