// Station · 25m ago

PGSN

Saipan International Airport

CAT —

WIND 070° / 10 kt

VIS —

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 27.2°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 215 FT

15.1194°N / 145.7288°E

LOCATION · I Fadang, Saipan, MP

WIND

070°10 kt

PGSN · 215 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/10

VIS

—

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW019

T / Td

27 / 25

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 070°/10 kt. Visibility unreported and a few at 1,900 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 PGSN 111554Z 07010KT FEW019 27/25 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP112 T02720250 $

PGSN · day 11 at 15:54 UTC · wind from 070° at 10 kt · a few clouds at 1,900 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

070°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H10 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 8,700'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T10 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,215 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 +13°C

1,900FT

+1,685 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV215 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT333 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,900 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,685 ft above PGSN's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

FEW019

Few · base 1,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,900 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL13,952 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

19:54ZSUNRISE

02:23ZSOLAR NOON

08:52ZSUNSET

09:16ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 33m VFR NIGHT BEGINS09:16Z (16h 56m) DAY LENGTH12h 57m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE17:23Z MOONSET06:20Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations · 2 shown · 150 NM (sparse area)

PGUA

MVFR

Andersen Air Force Base · Yigo

WIND: 050° / 12 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: OVC010
DIST: 103 NM SW
AGE: 24m ago

PGUM

VFR

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport · Hagåtña

WIND: 050° / 8 kt
VIS: 10+ SM
CEILING: BKN100
DIST: 112 NM SW
AGE: 25m ago

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