// Station · 8m ago

PFSH

Shaktoolik Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 170° / 10 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 6.1°C / 3.3°C

ALTIM 29.53 inHg

ELEV 24 FT

64.3711°N / 161.2240°W

LOCATION · Shaktoolik, US

WIND

170°10 kt

PFSH · 24 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/10

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT045

T / Td

6 / 3

ALTIM

29.53"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 170°/10 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and scattered at 4,500 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 PFSH 130056Z AUTO 17010KT 10SM SCT045 06/03 A2953 RMK AO2 SLP000 T00610033 $

PFSH · day 13 at 00:56 UTC · wind from 170° at 10 kt · visibility 10+ SM · scattered layer at 4,500 ft · temp 6°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 29.53" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1000.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

170°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

14★ HDG 140° H9 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

32 HDG 320° T9 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,024 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 -8°C

-600FT

-624 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV24 FT OAT+6°C ISA DELTA-8°C PRESSURE ALT411 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KCLR (Cliff Hatfield Memorial Airport, Calipatria, elev -182 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT045

Scattered · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL3,105 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

17:28ZSUNRISE

22:32ZSOLAR NOON

03:36ZSUNSET

04:25ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 32m VFR NIGHT BEGINS04:25Z (3h 20m) DAY LENGTH10h 08m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE18:49Z MOONSET04:57Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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