// Station · 21m ago

PGSN

Saipan International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 7 kt

VIS 10+ SM

CEILING BKN at 5,000 ft

T/Td 26.7°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 215 FT

15.1194°N / 145.7288°E

LOCATION · I Fadang, Saipan, MP

WIND

360°7 kt

PGSN · 215 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/7

VIS

10+ SM

CEILING

BKN050

LAYERS

BKN050

T / Td

27 / 25

ALTIM

29.80"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 5,000 ft. Light winds at 360°/7 kt, visibility better than 10 statute miles, broken at 5,000 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 PGSN 251754Z 36007KT 10SM BKN050 27/25 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP113 60006 T02670250 10283 20261 58014

PGSN · day 25 at 17:54 UTC · wind from 360° at 7 kt · visibility 10+ SM · broken layer at 5,000 ft · temp 27°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1011.3 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

360°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H2 kt X7 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,700'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T2 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

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 +12°C

1,800FT

+1,585 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV215 FT OAT+27°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT333 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,800 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,585 ft above PGSN's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

BKN050

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

// Computed

CEILING5,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER5,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL13,700 ft VFR MARGIN+2,000 ft

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

20:05ZSUNRISE

02:20ZSOLAR NOON

08:35ZSUNSET

08:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 20m VFR NIGHT BEGINS08:57Z (14h 42m) DAY LENGTH12h 30m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE06:11Z MOONSET18:42Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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